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"Jan. 17, '69
50x
perhaps 100 yds. I would estimate
there were 2-3 hundred people, families
dwelling in perhaps 75 tents. The tents were
little more than pup-tent size and patched
& tattered. The people were in rags, tired
looking & thin. There are many refugees
in town because of the war. They may
have been from the war areas but not all
were mangloid types. The place smelled
of feces and one had to watch his
step to avoid stepping on such. Pits
had been dug (as sketched) but evidently
were used half heartedly, at
one place some well
dressed children were
climbing in and out
of one of these pits. Adults
were looking on
permitted without protest! Great flocks
of bits, crows, and vultures were present.
Since it is not uncommon for live-
storks to die in town (I've seen a dead
cow and much bloated dead pig and
several near dead dogs) there is plenty
of food and the scavengers perform an
important service. Here the birds and
cattle looked in far better condition than
the people.