Field notes, v1753
Page 193
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Stebbins, R. 1963 Asian Trip Bangkok Jan. 31 a height of over 50 ft. It must have had a wing span of 8" This is the country for outdoor biology. An appointment was made for Dr. Dart to see Mr. Saman Sumitra, the Department of Director General of Secondary Education. The science supervisors urged that he be briefed on the new U.S. curriculum studies. He was formerly a physics teacher. In the evening Dr. Dart and I attended a dinner party. The affair evidently stemed from the departure of and our visit. It was stag. Present were Kloen, Kamhaeng (bracketing Stebbins) at the table), (bracketing Dart ), and and Pradiath. It was a very pleasant evening. I ate shark's fin soup (rather cartilageous but tasty), duck brain and tongue and steamed abalone (unpotted) for the first time. I was told the abalone had an aphrodisiac effect. In comparing the possibilities for development of laboratory science in the secondary schools here and in India, I have the feeling that Thailand is more willing to experiment and perhaps