Field notes, v1753
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Jan. 17, 1963 Karachi, Pakistan Hotel where airline had made a reservation. Enroute passed a rig drawn by a camel. Arrived at hotel about 9:30 p.m. Rate 50 rupees a day (about $10.00) including meals, the same paid at Lashaka but the accommodation less plush but more spacious. A sign over the sink warns that the tap water is unsafe. Bath water is yellow with sediment - rust etc.? I'm not sure I get cleaner by bathing. a few mosquitoes. Several got to me and I decided to go after antimalarial drugs. Malaria occurs here. Mr. Tinker the Scientific Attaché at the U.S. Embassy is going to fix me up on this. Jan. 18, Karachi Spent an hour or so organizing a list of people I should see concerning my educational mission. Phoned Mr. John M. Tinker at the Embassy. He had asked to let Dart & I stay with him. He has a large apartment but since he thought we were coming later, had made arrangements to leave in the 20th. The Embassy is only a few hundred yards from the hotel at Chancery - 8, Victoria Rd. - Phone 5-5061/