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Mangoes, pumpkin, corn, beans. Date palm with weavers' nests. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

The small green bean - sent in several times. These small bush beans are always covered with bugs and flies. It seems to be widely grown. This is very similar to one collected at Kigoma. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 28, 1920]

Shows rice in fore and type country in back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

At Bouga - flat swampy area with only scattered cypress like trees scattered through, a pale blue water lily in the fore. Near edge with a few larger trees in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Shows a wood pile in the fore with corn at right and a grass tree savanna at left. Photo 9:30 am. There is no change of type as you come through. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Corn in fore - trees and grass in back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Out across grassland toward two large baobab trees in back, acacias in bottom. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Depot at Malongwe. A fine large station with Manihot griz. [i.e., glaziovii] in fore. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Looking ahead at side of the track, brush at the left thick and impenetrable. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

An acacia flat - all with big black spines but rather short grass. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Shows depot and parking. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Shows water tanks & Ricinus behind where seed of [specimen] 922 was secured. They are similar to others. Here granite for ballast is secured, apparently much of country underlaid with rock. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Photo across corn to buildings and church in back. Missionary Adiska (?) an American. Here there were a fine lot of Indian cattle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Out over the top - at [kilometer] 595 or just before. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

Over flat to bush or chaparral in back - a last attempt at photo of this chaparral. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

... a last attempt at photo of this chaparral. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment, at different angle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

From a rock at top of escarpment, at different angle. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]

[View] of train from above - showing engine loading wood etc. etc., traffic man looking out of bag[gage] car. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 29, 1920]