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C. Koford
8
Journal
11 February 1962 Kyoto, Japan
year for study. We took bus (15 km.) to Aratayama,
a monkey part park on a hill (again mostly pines, but
cherry, oak, maple too, & they thought that few pines in the
native habitat.) These monkeys, now 114 (Nohajima), perseverin
ted since 1954. Births May to Aug., with 15 born 1961.
about 14 sq. km. of forest, but monkeys in only a small part
of this. The group at Inuyama started with 34 brought
from Yakushima (S. Honshu) in 1957. First kept in
small cage about 6 meter diam. Then in large, about 10
by 30 meter, for a period of months (?) before release. They
did not know that the confinement was necessary to form a
group. In sloping canyon was 80 meter diam. roughly
circumference with sheet metal side 4-12' high (cyclone wires
bottoms 2ft.) with electric wire on top. These had held about
monkeys (now 23 ?) for 4 years. In 1961, 5 born
about 15 born in all.
5 March to 28 July. One ad. 07, 5 ad. 44. A shed
and refuement-eating stock inside pen. 20 small dead
trees (to 10' tall), said to have been felled by monkeys. The
caretaker had a notebook and had recorded daily observa-
witins, totally contained obsers. He said the adult male
did all the mating. One male had escaped by
jumping 9' fence, without preliminary run. Malt
relation seen 28 Aug. to 14 Mar. Most presently
consorting with 1; some consort for several days
with same q; other times with 3 (or more?) females
in one day. No JMC men have studied here. It
would be good opportunity to make similar setup for