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Cocoanut grove with notches in the sides of the trees to enable the natives to climb the trees. House in back made of leaves and petioles. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 31, 1920]

Cocoanut and indigenous houses with cocoanut roofs, fences and sides in some cases, usually poles and mud for the sides. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Showing cabbage with coconut grove in back. Sugar cane and bananas also shown in back, and the small trees of guava, mango ... and lemon.... [Shantz travel journal, July 28, 1919]

Three hand-written documents related to the payment of 1,105 pesos to Don Juan Burghichani for the manufacture of uniforms for the Public Security Corps (Cuerpo de Seguridad Pública) also referred to as the Public Security Battalion (Batallón de…

Similar to [previous image] but native - fore and a little nearer the pine plantations with alleys between. Apparently these pines are the result of scattered seed. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 18, 1919]

A photograph of the coarse grass of the bottom land. When it's not cut, it grows tall when flooded but when clipped close, it forms into an even turf.

Coarse grass, large Andropogon in fore and in patches on hill in back. Bananas on hills and Binga chief's country on the hill in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 17, 1920]

A photograph of a view with coarse grass in the foreground with rest houses for indigenous soldiers on the far left , a river in the middle, and a hill on the far right.

A photograph showing detail of a clump of grass.

Clove tree plantation, 30-35 ft. high - many dead branches. Clove called m'karafu. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920] Cloves are cultivated much as citrus. Buds packed for spice and tips of young branches for oil. Shipped out in gunnysack…

Clove plantation, at end. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Clove orchard - more or less clean cutline [?] - many leaves and a few weeds. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Clove orchard. Trees 30 to 40 ft. high - 27 ft. apart in square planting. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

View of mountain from depot fence - shows clouds on mts. but also plantation of corn - and many bananas. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 30, 1920]

Putting the table cloth on Table Mt. Very windy all day. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 19, 1919]

Clouds coming down over Lions Head [replaced with "rump"], taken from room. Worked on camera outfit most of day. [Shantz travel journal, Aug. 21, 1919]