Field notes, v1411
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Journal 15 March 1972 Mexico City, Mexico Chontals of Oaxaca region had moved into Lacandon area in numbers, he said. Robert Bruce, of Mexico R.F., has published paper on linguistics of Lacandoners. Talked briefly with Bernardo Villa. He repeated story of using spider monkeys to bait jaguars -- about 12 workers per jaguar killed, he thought. He admitted that law enforcement poor. Partly because some prohibited hunters were relatives of state governor (Tolares) or president. The last, and best, hunt in western Jalisco. There was research station of University on W. slope of Jalisco; some jaguars in area. Villa said they had had some trouble with H.Parra of Cuernavaca. Later he used one of his caged jaguars to make trouble to fool hunters who employed him, Villa said. V. told of woman who came to him wanting permit to export a purchased ocelot; the animal was confiscated. He said only 4 permits issued last year to take pig-wars: 2 to Mexicans, 2 to U.S. hunters. Cost $2500 (= $200 US.) Met Caroll Henderson, now-in Air Force, Oklahoma, who had taken OTS course in Costa Rica, and now wanted to start wildlife course here. He had a mimeographed volume prepared at Iowa State & printed by Univ. Georgia concerning wildlife of Costa Rica, including data on interviews with people concerning spotted cats. Handy reprint of Nat. Aud. Soc., said that offices of govt. in British Honduras