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except for the McQueen's bustard, (gazelle were very scarcel and
I soon gave up hawking expeditions. y Ca Ce and
The deep-sea fishing was much more fun, particularly if nn* i ^
and find that, while playing it, the
One would then reel in the head
large . U1IVJ
suddenly go slack
~ nr 4 - I
line would
the rest having been b i t tVn "of f C " thp' fl' n K i:ne nead of the fish »
w '' e "" ,h "
Shatt al Ar?h eS , 7% q 6 Safe ’ yet a few mnes a »*y ‘
bhatt-al-Arab and Karun rivers the sharks were lethal
ummer, when the water was opaque with mud and silt
toot or a hand in the water was to have it bitten
To
off .
the
in the
in the
put even
One summer the pearl-divers returned with stories nf a i
pearling bank which they had had to abandon because nf hi
^rTat t°h f e SharkS) ^ > 'ccVdtn ‘i y 6 h a S t e ed
there at the first opportunity in the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch
circling round taking soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. we
as it was then the middle of the
bearings and went closer inshore
fish would be more likely to be on
back the crew were unable to find
until dark and, unfortunately, we
and try again.
After much
eventually found the bank, but
day and rather rough we took
to wait for evening when the
the feed. Alas! When we came
the bank in spite of searching
had no opportunity to return
.There is
approach ed
undoubtedly good
scientifically and
big-game fishing to
with proper equipment.
be had if
Kuwait is on the migration-route for birds that winter in a r a k s
fr rl ilr
few days as nobody bothered to feed them. ^ e a
1945 was an exceptional
and we actually had rain
was most unusual and the
Apr i 1 , were fooled into
year as the spring was relatively cool
♦ though not very heavy, in May. This
sand-grouse, which normally migrate in
staying on until late May. When the