Stobnic, R. 1963 Asian Trip Karachi Jan. 20 Sent Moni and the driver JF with 16 rupees for lunch. They saw us over two snake charmers. It cost me 6 rupees to get a picture of the charmer squatting on the sand and playing his pipe. The sound suggested bag pipes. The cobra (black in color) was in a little basket 10" diam. by 3-4" deep. When the charmer took off the lid and hit and the animal with closed his foot first, the snake would rise and spread its hood. There was little swaying. Several times it struck ineffectually. I understand the mouth is sewed closed. The man wanted more money but we sent him JF. He said he charged 2 rupees to Pakistanis and 10 rupees to Americans. The other "charmer" had a mongoose & python. A flight of a cobra and mongoose may take an hour, so I decided to miss that one. I took a camel ride - not very smooth. When the animal ran I about got the wind knocked out of me. Getting up and down was like a pleasant. The driver complained over 1 rupee pay but I was told by my hosts that I should not pay more. At 2:15 p.m. headed back toward