Field notes, v1409
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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,