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C. Koford
Journal
13 March 1962.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
cages he had about 20 prs. T. glis, & 2 or T. minor. Some
pairs in 3' cube cages with cardboard-box shatter. Others in 20"
Vceder-Root, Dundee
20" x 16" cages with 16" wheel. One wheel had counter; registered
many 1000 revolutions / day. Some did not use wheel; others
learned to use it
soon & regularly, quickly. Usually 2 nest blder / cage. There
about 4"x6"x10," marsuite with wood top - bottom, hinged front, & a
marsupial (sight?) inside. [Vanderhaven had bred some in 3' cube
cages]. No evidence breeding activity yet. Food - various fruits,
plus food balls (Farex inf. food, codliver oil, egg, honey, + other
ingredients). Occasional earwatches or other insects; trying to
raise meal worms for them. [Elliott formerly 2 years at
Bosser Jackson Lab, working on dogs. He had not been anthropol-
ogist as undergraduati. He seemed to have gathered almost no con-
crete data so far, & not to have any practical plan in mind.
He had about $300 worth of motion picture equipment but had
only "tried it out." Much difficulty getting his equipment in,] at
first trip Hawell had accompanied him, & had also visited
Sarawak. Elliott had met Tom Harris & corresponded with him
too, & T.H. had seemed favourable to Tupia's work in Sarawak.]
Elliott thought that T. glis through forest, not just on edge. (He
had seen up to 15' above ground. Most (?) observation was
in Lake Gardens, where formed bottomed small canyon now
though wooded area. Woods consists of mixed hardwoods, &
palms. No systematic trapping study started, & he seemed
to have no idea of the possibilities. He had bushy beard &
fat paunch, & seemed not too energetic. He also considered pre-
serving organs, but had apparently not started. Altogether,