Field notes, v1753
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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