Field notes, v1753
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Slobin B 1963 82 Ocean Trip. Karachi Jan. 17 perhaps 3-4 years old was seen playing with great energy. The men do the waving - lucky fellows. After a pleasant lunch at Batesfield's, drove out in his Volkswagen bus to garbage dump near a place called the honey moon house (a house name of the few hills here) not far from the great- sprawling Jinnah Hospital. Here I got marvelous shots of huge black vultures, so gorged they couldn't could scarcely fly, smaller scavenging pos birds of several kinds, some apparently the young of the black species, pye dogs, and bites. Great wheeling column of bites numbering perhaps 300 birds was moving over an area of brackish pools but they drifted too fast for a picture. Several fights were seen among the vultures and dogs. People also climb about through the garbage. Went to Mrs. Tinkins for dinner. Arrived early so walked out across the mud flats near his home. The soil was pretty well dried out at the surface and cracked underfoot. Two camels were feeding in low-growing mangrove (?) growth. These plants are perhaps 3-4 ft. high here. Had been told the walking feel, Persophthalium