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Aug 8- I had the runs last night after sort of a stomach ache, so my sleep was rather interrupted. But I managed to stay more or less unconscious until 9:15 A.M. Feltman called yesterday to say there was a lot of mail for me ,and he would try to send it down, or I could come up for it. I don't think I am in the mood to go up for it. I worked all morning copying down a list of corrected scientific, English ,and Arab names for the Persian Gulf.
This afternoon there was still no mail so I went up to Ras Tanura and saw Feltman ,and he said he had sent it down; so I went back again ,and still no mail. So I went to see Joe Heftner and he said they had the motor out of the "Gazelle" and the plane would not leave tomorrow. Later he came around with the mail which cheered me up a bit. Vinc came in for a talk later about snakes, etc., and that passed the time til 8:25 P.M. ,and I just squeezed under the rope for supper. I went to bed early.
Aug 9- I got up late and it was fair and sunny ,and I feel better today than yesterday. They had a safety poster contest yesterday ,but only one appealed to me. It was the only one that hit the real point and was really original. [[image: poster outline with "You may be tough but Aramco trucks are tougher" at top, a drawing of a Rhinocerus, and on bottom: "Give them room!"]] I did not vote, however, as I am not a regular employee. The others were all similar and sort of the poly anna type about what a good thing safety is etc.   This morning, I went to see Jim to get some corrections on the fish name list ,and I copied the list back into my log again; so when questions arise I can easily check back.   I got my fish name list pretty well corrected and
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back into my log. I left a copy with Jim Stewart with my corresponding numbers. I also checked Maj. Lane and Blegvad for name similarites with theirs and my names,and entered them on pp. 168-169.    I talked with Mr. Edwards, Jr. from Al Kharj today at lunch and he gave me some interesting information on the springs  or "'ain" at Al Kharj. He says they are not very wide by are very deep as much as 70 feet(?) ,but they are in the open without shade ,and apparently almost no vegetation and the sides fall off towards the bottom in ledges. He did not say that there were any fish there ,but from what he said the prospects do not sound favorable there at all. He also said he knew C.B. Nelson at Jidda, who had attempted to set up a shark industry in the Red Sea ,and he told me where I might find out his address in the states. I think Dr. Hildebrand knows Mr. Nelson. It seemed hot again today, but may be I am getting soft from the air conditioning.
I saw Joe again today and the prospects for departure tomorrow of the "Gazelle" do not look good, but he said if it does leave he will let me know by 5 P.M. I guess my luck just isn't good.  The bad news came again, the plane will not leave tomorrow. I wrote a short bit on arab name similarity.
This evening, I went to the movies as usual and saw "The Miracle of 34th St" with beautiful Maureen O'Hara and John Payne. It was centered around Macy's Xmas parade and a true Santa Claus.
Aug 10- I had the runs a bit last night, so I got some paragoric & pills at the clinic. Then I went to the library when it opened and read most of "The Shenandoah" by Julia Davis which was an interesting and detailed history of this beautiful section of Virginia, which is really not far from our present house.
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