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tremely slimy when alive. It just literally dripped slime in a way, I have never seen before. Also we caught several small porgies and gerrids which were blinded by the light and were easy to pick up. Hamed caught two baby terns which I also kept. The night was clear and rather humid with wet decks, and little wind. 
   June 4th- Clear at dawn with light shamal winds. I could not see the set line buoys so we are waiting for ebb slack. About 9:40 A.M. the boys recovered the set line when the tide slacked. There were no fish, yet only shark skin was left, the meat was all eaten out from the skin [[image: drawing of bone slice; captioned: skin backbone cartilege]].  Most hooks were cleaned. It would seem that "Rajaseh" makes indifferent to poor bait. At 10 A.M. the Tarut arrived with 2 books for Jim from New York. It is very clear and hot with almost a flat calm. 32°c in the shade. 49°c in sun on wood museum box on deck. Water temp. 30° off Za'al at 11 A.M., and 29°c off the boat. About 1:30 P.M., we left Za'al and trolled 2 lines. There was a breeze from the east. I decided to return to Ras Tanura tonight, because Abdulla, captain, is supposed to return with paint etc. from Kanoo. This morning I saw at least 8 fishing boats fishing for pots ("gerurgir"), [[image: hand-drawn boat with passengers--one at bow with a long staff]] about 16 ft long and with 4 crew. One with a long staff with a snare, 2 rowing, and one usually overboard ready to dive to place the pots. They use sail to get to the grounds. Quite a few fish off the long bank west of Za'al Id.  We continued out beyond east pier to buoy 7; Dhahran and Jebel Dhahran were visible in the distance.  We saw one large school of [[underline]] "jibab" [[/underline]] about 3 mi. N.E. of east pier.  They seemed to be 18 to 24 inches in length, and [[strikethrough]] gulls [[/strikethrough]] terns were diving on top, a couple of smaller schools were passed later.  The sky was cloudless.  I also saw several long fin [[hand-drawn image: of 2 black fins above water]] black porpoises.  The Palestine barely inches along these days.  Birds seem to be tamer here but it may be just the heat, because yesterday afternoon
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6/7 films mailed 8 1/2 reals   letter to wife June 5    \73

I rowed past 2 cormorants on the rocky west Pt. of Za'al Id.  One finally flopped into the water and swam lazily off.  The other just sat for a long time; I must have passed easily within 50 feet of them.  Then also the crew are always catching terns and birds with their hands both day and night; may be it is just because it is Arabia.  I lost one of my Arab sandals overboard returning from buoy #7, which is akin to stark tragedy; I had grown very attached to them.  [[image of sandal]] We reached the fish pier about 7 P.M. with not even a strike on the old r & w jig and plastic feather.  I went into Ras Tanura this evening to mail a letter to Lucile, get a change from the pier, eat, and see the movies which are a relaxation because of contrast over here.  It was hot and a flat calm all night.  Abdulla returned last night with a letter from Kanoo.
   June 5th - Up at 6:30 A.M.. In the shade it is 36˚c.  It is boiling hot at 7 A.M. Nice cool of the morning.  "Swede" arrived shortly after 7.  Flat calm.  About 8:00 a light wind came up but that soon died down.  I spent an hour or so trying to get Gurley or Stewart on the phone, but no luck.  Because the crew was starting to clean the boat, and were going to beach it tomorrow morning, I went to Dhahran to straighten up my room; so I could leave bag and baggage at a moment's notice.  I mailed a letter for "Swede" and mailed 2 films air mail to Schultz in the States, 8 1/2 reals.  I had a good ride to Dhahran with a good car and driver.  When I reached Dhahran I could not find Stewart, and Ed I assumed had gone to Ras Tanura.  I wrapped up my specimens which I collected the first month at Dhahran, and prepared them to take back with me to Ras Tanura.  It was clear, hot, and cloudless today.  I saw Ed about 7 P.M. and handed him Kanoo's letter re: the "Palestine", and I returned to Ras Tanura on the

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Kunroo or Kanroo or Kanras for letter on second page. Unclear.