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204 x 156 mm. Showing an African examining a plant in a field of Bullrush millet. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

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155 x 203 mm. Showing an African standing in a dugout on the riverbank or lakeshore near Maun, the capital of the Tswana in north west Botswana.

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65 x 41 mm. Showing Hodson washing beside his wagon in an unidentified camp.

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87 x 85 mm. Showing a saddled packhorse grazing.

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87 x 86 mm. Showing a pointer at work in the bush.

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85 x 85 mm. Negative only.

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85 x 85 mm. Negative only.

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86 x 85 mm. Showing birds and small bucks hanging in camp, with five dogs standing in the foreground.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

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65 x 41 mm. Showing two Europeans and an African standing in front of the small thatched trader’s store at Lehututu. Reproduced in Hodson facing p 32 where it is identified as Proctor’s Store (no further information).

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65 x 41 mm. Showing a bearded European trader in his camp with Africans seated on the ground beside him and skins and horns hung up in the background. Reproduced in Hodson facing p. 115 where it is entitled ‘Mr Leroux and his trader’s camp’. Leroux accompanied Hodson on one of his treks and is referred to as a trader who has been in Bechuanaland ‘for many years’.

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202 x 156 mm. Showing a land-rover parked at a control point, with an official questioning two men beside the vehicle.

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85 x 85 mm. Negative only.

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85 x 85 mm. Negative only.

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203 x 155 mm. Showing villagers filling metal drums at a Serowe watering point with a bullock team pulling a large barrel of water in the background. The caption on the reverse reads 'Water is pumped from bore-holes - of which there are several in the village'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

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65 x 41 mm. Showing Hodson standing naked in a tray of water in an unidentified camp.

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156 x 198 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Maize, sorghum, millet, beans and cotton are grown. Maize is the favourite food in Bechuanaland, but sorghum is the crop best suited to the droughty climate. Shown here is a field of sorghum, with plants covered by envelopes to control pollination'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.

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[Unidentified view].

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A diary describing a journey from London via Egypt to the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons and South Africa in four volumes, each of 50 pages.

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65 x 41 mm. Showing a horse drinking from the Akowanga River.

Scope and Contents 204 x 156 mm. Showing a cultivated field (? maize) with two African women standing in the foreground, and rounded hills in the distance. The caption on the reverse reads 'Before working with the Agricultural Department the farmer grew only sorghum, but now grows maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, sweet sorghum, pumpkins and water-melons.The tribal land system decrees that all land belongs to the tribe, but the Chief permits members to farm sections of it for an indefinite period. ...

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Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.

Scope and Contents Showing an overturned wagon with boxes scattered across the road and a group of pioneers posing for the camera beside the wreckage. A common enough accident during the trek and probably caused by recalcitrant oxen on the uneven road, ‘Many of the oxen ... began to knock up. As it was most necessary to give them a rest, they had to be replaced with untrained slaughter oxen, and these gave us no end of trouble. Some declined to be inspanned at any price and were constantly breaking away and...

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Showing wagons camped beside the road with grazing oxen at the left of the print. A photograph taken during the trek from Mafeking to the base camp at Macloutsie between May 18th and the middle of June 1890.