Field notes, v1753
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Jan. 20 BSc people can teach science. Some students go into medicine after receiving the BSc. There is a trend to teach science in Urdia, When I asked to what extent the schools emphasize quantification and measurement, she gave me the answer I have heard repeatedly -- many schools are not well equipped. The outdoor laboratory approach is limited by transportation problems. Visited laboratories which began work at 4:00 pm. Zool. lab. Synoptic collection of animals representing major taxonomic groups. Many from Turtlex lab were recently obtained locally. Local fish, sepia, insecta, reptiles, etc. have been obtained. Uromastix is dissected as a representative lizard type for BSc. Saw a few stuffed local birds and a cobra but all were mounted badly. College started in 1949 and at first depended on outside (foreign) sources. Now local dealers are preparing plaster models of organs (heart, etc.) dissections, etc. Saw plaster frog and rabbit dissections. Flexibly killed guinea are dissected. Saw a jar full of live leeches to be used in study. The school has a collector who goes after material. The approach in zoology appears to be morphological & taxonomic but a good feature is the use of local