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C. Koford
36
Journal
13 March 1962
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
a quiet friendly chap, but not likely to produce much. Must
be bright, or Howell would not have sent him. He seemed to have
no particular idea to foster; only to record data. No apparent
strong interest in other local primates.
I had dinner with Hinton
& Mary Baker, & told them of Puerto Rico work. They seem to be
most interested in Leptospirosis at present. Mrs. B. is
in charge of the lepto. lab.
I In evening took train to
Singapore.
14 March 1962, Arrived Singapore about 8 a.m. & was met
by J. L. Harrison, who has written most about Malayan mam-
mals. He is especially interested in S-rats. After the war he
worked for years with Andy & I.M.R. on lemursula and
mammals. Has written perhaps 50 papers on Malay mammals,
& related subjects. He said T. minor in dense forest, while T.
glii at edge (same as Lim Boo-Liet), and that Ptilocercus
is nocturnal. Minor probably higher in trees than glii, too.
He said T. glii occurred in the fern - shrub mixture about 4'
high that round half back of his house.
Harrison now teaches
at Nanyang University, a Chinese university of modern construct-
ion and over 2000 students; private univ. Before coming there
he was about 3 years in Queensland, & before that at Univ.
Malaya (in Singapore). He has Chinese wife. I spent half day
with him at Nanyang. Then he took me on tour of Singa-
pore. In the Botanic Gardens we saw one group of
40+ Macaca sin. These were fed by people, & newspapers
cones of peanuts were sold for this purpose. These most
gentler and smaller than rheum. The long tails seldom