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Stebbins, R.
1963
Ocean Trip
Karachi
Jan. 23 Capt. C. Bradford Collins is on the school board. Mr. Hall has a youngster in the school, hence both men were interested in having a biologist look in at the situation.
Jan. 24 Capt. Collins drove me about town for movie shots - I got vultures & crows in flight, a young girl scavenging for food in the garbage dump, donkey carts, madmen dwellings, some "patty-cake" camels, etc.
We had lunch at his beautiful home
after which we went to the market place
(Emperess Market) - fish, meat, fruit,
dates, etc.
We visited a Parsi grave yard (religious
group). These people "bury" their dead above
ground and allow the vultures and
varmied lizards pick the remains. In
the "modern" grave yard were large
circular tanks of mortar & stone (?) white
washed, & open at the top. Vultures
and g[illegible] crows sat around the rim
of the tanks. These people believe that fire
is the only thing that is pure and they
try to keep a fire burning in their
dwellings. Most of these people live in
the Bombay area.