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C. Koford
12
Journal
16 February 1962 Delhi, India
Siam - starchy fruit with hard thin shell. Cooked if green.
Weights taken in 5 lb. bamboo cage. Animals held a few days to 1 mo., about 2 wks. average. Shipping cages of
1/2" stecco wire, metal feeding & watering tray each end, metal
tray below. Wt. cage 8 kilos. 36" x 24" x 18" size. Cage
holds 10 4-6 lb. makuas, 8 6-8 lbs. Ends & lower half of
sides of plywood. | Patterson has a farm at Huahin, 4 hrs. from Bangkok on gulf of Siam. Near famous golf club.
Gymnolugus makau, mostly from S. Thailand (some from
Theres sold to British, Scandinavia. | There was also a
cooperating gor farm about 10 miles from Kuda Lempur. |
In evening we took train from Delhi to Kanpur, SW of
Lucknow. Amad and Dhavan accompanied me.
17 February 1962. Arrived 6 a.m. Kanpur. Their man then
said trapping planned for area about 150 miles to NNW, start-ing next morning. Green rice, & mac tree, beans. Many
birds in garden of hotel, and I saw one mongoose there. Light
rain and rain about 8 a.m. | About 10 a.m. went for drive to
look for makaua or outskirts Kanpur. One group in open yard
and an adjacent house. 3 ad. of of, 5 ad. ff (at least 3 pregnant)
and 2 yrld. One & lost leg. bleeding. Yrld. showed scars
marks from food. 10+ maku ate food thrown out for makaua.
Health good, apparently. No intermediate age classes. Man
calls ba-ba-ha as feeds a makau gone. | At another site
by river bank, where clothing placed & several holy men, we
feed about 15! There included but one ad. of, 8 ad. ff, 3 yrld,
4 minn. Photographed. Other small groups in this area. One