John Hutchinson (botanist) - Second African Trip June 1930 - September 1930

September 1930

Having met Hutchinson on his previous visit to South Africa, General Smuts invited him to join a party consisting of Margaret Clark Gillett with two of her sons Jan and Tona Gillett (Anthony), on a trip to Lake Tanganyika. They set off from Irene on 28 June 1930 in a convoy of seven vehicles and were joined at Beit Bridge by Dr. IB Pole Evans. They collected all the way to Lake Tanganyika and then retraced their route to Broken Hill, where Hutchinson boarded a goods train to Elizabethville. On his return to Pretoria, and with time in hand, he set off on a trip to the Soutpansberg with Jan Gillett. Then followed a week in the Drakensberg, climbing to the top of Mont-aux-Sources with two fellow botanists, Miss Verdoorn and Miss Forbes. A final flurry of collecting at Botha's Hill near Durban, and Port Elizabeth, saw the end of a very fruitful visit.

  • 29 June 1930 Louis Trichardt
  • 30 June Lundi River, Southern Rhodesia
  • 1 July Zimbabwe Ruins
  • 3 July Umvuma, Southern Rhodesia
  • 3 July Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia
  • 3 July Shangani River, Southern Rhodesia
  • 3 July Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia
  • 4 July Bulawayo to Victoria Falls
  • 4 July Dett
  • 7 July Victoria Falls
  • 10 July Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia
  • 10 July Choma
  • 12 July Monze
  • 12 July Mazabuka
  • 12 July Kafue River
  • 12 July Lusaka
  • 13 July Broken Hill, Zambia
  • 14 July Bwana Mkuba
  • 14 July Kapiri Mposhi
  • 14 July Chiwefwe
  • 15 July Serenje Corner
  • 16 July Lukulu River
  • 16 July Kaloswe
  • 16 July Mpika
  • 17 July Zambesi River
  • 17 July Kasama
  • 18 July Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia
  • 20 July Tom's Village, Lake Tanganyika
  • 20 July Mpulungu
  • 21 July near Lunzua River
  • 22 July 11 miles S of Lake Tanganyika
  • 23 July 6 miles N of Kasama
  • 24 July Koloswe
  • 25 July Chiwefwe
  • 30 July Sakania, Belgian Congo
  • 2 August Elizabethville
  • 8 August Matopos
  • 18 August Louis Trichardt
  • 18 August Goede Hoop
  • 19 August Klein Australie, Soutpansberg
  • 20 August Entabeni; Palmary; Pepiti Falls
  • 23 August Crewe Farm, West Soutpansberg
  • 24 August on granite koppie near Matoks
  • 3 September Botha's Hill, Natal

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