Field notes, v1753
Page 259
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Stebbins, R. 1963 2/18 Asian Trip Kuching Feb. 10 have been hard hit by hunting. Dickson used to collect butterflies, fossils and other natural history material. A frog chorus got underway about 9:00 p.m. and I heard it going strong every time I woke up. Now at 6:45 a.m., only an occasional frog is heard and the amphibian voices have been replaced by birds. Two books on the Rajahs recommended by Dickson - Halim, Emily; “The Rajah of Sarawak” and Runciman, Steven; “The White Rajahs.” Feb. 11 Mr. Dickson arrived to take me to the St. Joseph’s School (Roman Catholic), probably the best school in the country at the upper secondary level, Broth. Hillary in charge. There are 650 secondary students and 850 primary. Some of the latter are going to another school. Form 6 is included and is attended by both boys and girls; the rest of the school caters to boys. I met John North, school inspector at the secondary level and Clive Reate who, with two other New Zealanders familiar with curriculum reform in New Zealand, are involved in syllabus revision at the junior secondary level (Form 1-3). These men have been brought in by the Department of Education & have been here a few days.