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Jan. 31 other than the one upon which he
based his drawing. In the lab. (the boys
were waiting at their desks in the lecture
room) was various stored equipment -
physical equipment, preserved specimens
(including a human brain), a large
wooden figure of a man with leglets
that turn on in sequence to show circulation
of the blood, 2 badly stuffed & unarticulated
mounted birds & mammals (not
many). I described the techniques of
preparing and storing scientific study
skins and urged that this be the kind
of student material prepared.
The lecture room was again airy and
well lighted (natural light) - many large
open windows and high ceilings. The
tables were movable. I sketched how to
make a cheap terrarium when requested
to make suggestions for the lab.
A standard microscope ($60) was brought
out and I was told it was defective.
As far as I could tell it merely needed
cleaning. There was a thumb-print
on one of the oculars.
I have been asked to send reference
books to the school through Mrs. Prapathanee.
We then went to see a large building
near the Ministry of Education, where the
science supervisors work. There are only
4 of the latter for the whole country and
a total of some 15 supervisors of all
subjects. There are some 400 priv. second. schools in Thailand.
While waiting for a taxi we saw a
huge lepidoptera mascot in flight at