Stebbins, R. 1963 120 Asian Trip Calcutta Jan. 25 People lying on the sidewalk, against building, on steps, etc. Small shacks made of tin, wood and other scraps, erected on the sidewalk. A thin man sitting on a bed frame with rope "springs" (no mattress) on sidewalk in congested part of town, rubbing himself with some sort of lotion. Rickshaw-man, bicycle riders, taxis, buses - horns blowing and exhausts belching smoke. People swarming everywhere. Sidewalk barber shops - haircutting & shaving. Sidewalk wrestling, the pavement used as a scrub board. Occasional well dressed, smelled people, standing out by contrast with the rags and dirty skin of the populace. Horse- liter cart pulled by horse carrying 4 little rich girls, shielded from the squalor around them. These horse carriages carry a reserve "fuel supply" in the form of a bundle of hay, for the horse. Many rickshaws, foot & bicycle powered. From 3:30 to 4:45pm, walked about town near hotel. There is a large open area to the west where there are several sports clubs and a large grassy commons perhaps 1/4 mi. across. The Independence Day celebration is to be held here tomorrow. Many bedraggled human beings lay about in the "lawn" - actually worn out grass with much litter & scattered patches of bare soil. Around one of the clearings,