C. Kofod 20 Journal 7 June 1973. Caracas, Venezuela. Been litter in cave, often at side rivers. This info probably from article March 23) or books. / M. killed me about 1450 (?) near Canocui, his Corone. Near partly eaten calf. Dogs quickly picked up trail and cornered jaguar. 8 3/2 leg. 189 cm + 59 1/2 tail. Peso 99, cuello 61, brazo 36, reba 26. 07 # 663. He showed me skull. His small portion molar. //He also found note on me March 1969, by Dr. Pedro Gonzalez Vers: 140 kilos, 260 tot. length. A museum shell, no. 712, 07, from Cano Agua Verde, Edo. Guarico, April 18, 1945, taken by Paul Stempel. Large skull. //Foods reported: capybara, peccary, 3 kinds turtle, caiman, jaguar. Puma taken was deer. Calves, occa. large cattle, pigs, dogs, mongoose turtles eggs turtle. Mosa has tough shell; jaguar removes meat w/o drinking shell. But open tortugas. //Strangely, M. did not know that for 2 years no permits to take jaguar had been issued. He said source used by hunter from Colombia. /Mordoffi had told look at home, & gave me info. from it. Jan. 16, 1963, 4 had 3 almost /83 mm. kidder fetuses, about 20 cm. long, total length. 25 Feb. 1963, me. fetus w. pelage, mother 68 legs. About 10 days before cornoval (= 40 + 7 + 10 before Easter yr.?); one w. 2 emb., fully haired. /Ramiro Vega, at El Lenero betw. Agua and Surupa; late Feb. and early one w. March 1952, 14-15 ? &; 2 cubs about 8 mos., one w. 2 about 1 1/2 yrs., one w. 3 cubs. One w. 2 emb., one w. 2 emb., other awed. Was this Lee Bros. hunt? //We had steak lunch w. Mordoffi, Ojasti. In evening, visited Mordoffi at home. Tomas Blohm, keen man in 40's, also came - strong conservationist. He had idea of putting jaguars on island in lake S. of Caraco. Also interested in other preserves. We had lunch in Guarico about 8 mi. N. of Corozo