Jan. 20 This should be excellent country for field work in biology. In the outskirts of town is wonderful reptile country and interesting desert plants & insects. Birds are plentiful in both town & country. There must be fossiliferous rocks. Incidentally, the English sparrow is here in the city. A new natural gas field has been discovered, which is regarded as a great boom. Not far from the refugee camp at Korangi, I saw an oil refinery with a tall stack with a gas flame, burning In the outskirts one sees occasional cases of what looks like a date palm. Oranges are common in the market places. In India we found they called Tangerine's, oranges. There follow a few comments by Jim Patfield. Jim is a youthful person, perhaps 28-30 yrs. old. He mentioned Morrel J when I have written earlier. An MA here - an inferior AB, Asia Foundation summer seminar - Pakistan association of Scientists and Science Professors involved. Started out as labor union group. There was fear the organization might be taken over by the communists, hence labor union aspect deemphasized. Organization runs science fair here.