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Muharraq

of [[underlined]] S. Siganus [[/underlined]] and some [[underlined]] L. nebulosus [[/underlined]], not much of a catch. The "sawfee" Siganus is considered very good eating. The fish traps here [[image - dotted line drawing of fish trap, pointing away from designated shore]] 
[[image label]] shore [[/image label]]
have a leader, hearts, and trap rather than the V shaped traps over in Tarut Bay. I believe this type in Bahrain is more efficient in that it probably catches more fish which are moving parallel to the shore. [[underlined]] Cyprinodon dispar [[/underlined]] were very abundant along the sand beach, and also in the drainage ditches and wells of the date garden. In an artesian well with cement around it there was considerable growth of dark filamentous blue green algae. The water was quite cool. I saw several frogs in all. Flies are more abundant here in Bahrain that at Saudi right now. This late afternoon & evening was pleasant. Also the beach here was covered with cuttle bones. This garden was about 1/2 way between Manama & Owali. I fished a little over the side tonight, and caught only small atherinids, and speared a cuttlefish with a pole the tide was quite high. Almonds were also present in the date garden but not yet ripe, also there was a type of bean trees where only the pulp around the seed is eaten the seed is black, the pulp white and the bean green. It recalls to mind a similar tree bean in Puerto Rico.
  June 12 - a hazy sky at dawn and the deck was not wet from due at 6:00 A.M., about 7 A.M. a moderate shamal sprang up and blew making it comfortable on the boat at 37°C at 9 A.M. in the shade. After writing notes, I decided to take a trip out to Owali to meet Mr. Russell Brown to whom my letter was addressed. I met both Mr. Brown and Mr. Crow, manager and ass. manager; and then Mr. Henry Chub was called in, whom I wanted especially to meet. Henry then took me to his office in the sanitation dept. and we swapped notes
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until nearly lunch time. The food served at Babco seems very good. The dining room is cleaner, the waiters better, and everything else compared even with Ras Tanura. Henry picked me up again at 1:15 P.M. and we went into Manama to the boat where I picked up some things. 
  We stopped by at 3:30 at the fish market and saw 4 lb. [[underlined]] Lethrinus nebulosus [[/underlined]], another chekka, and fresh rabib, and at last I lay my eyes on the famous [[underlined]] gufdar [[/underlined]] which turned out to be a large caranx with a [[underlined]] Seriola [[/underlined]] like mouth and prominent black dots on the sides. [[image: a fish with spots on its side]] [[note for image]] approx. from memory (see p. 95) [[/note]]  The specimens were about 6 or 8 in number, and all around 30" s.l. and were fairly fresh looking. Then we went on towards Owali, and stopped at a salt marsh just between the date gardens and the desert by a bridge. The marsh extended towards the Gulf on either side east and west. The temperature of the air was about 39°c, and the warmest mud pools a scarce 40°c. There were clumps of tiny mangrove with small yellow flowers, and very small sprouts sticking out of the mud. [[image: oblong leaf]] The leaves were rounded shiny and rather small with smooth surface. The desert between Owali and Manama has many hummocks with small patches of weeds in places and one large hill and several smaller ones. It gives the appearance of great expanse with none of the movable sand dunes. I received very nice Hospitality at the Chubb household from Mr. & Mrs. and we went to the movies in the evening.
  June 13 - Clear with continued moderate shamal winds, but clearer sky. This morning, I went into town in Chubbs truck, and got my passport, and visited the fish market again. There was the same old stuff plus one 2 foot catfish (Arius), and a bushel of small 3 inch. goatfish with the yellow stripe down the side known as "baussay." Small 3 inch barracuda were "Halix." One fellow had some

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last line of second page: "Halix" or "Halir"--can't tell