C. Koford Journal 30 June 1972 Fda. Badagana, Mato Grosso Brazil. Beyond land flattn - passed by Merida, small town - lake & river near it. Then landed at hdgtn of B. "D", where a dozen or so white llds, & cleared grand land sftennis. (Took photos from plane en route). We were put up in large house, about 6 bedrooms, + living, dining, etc., nicely built & furnished. 1 have become of a bad resistant wood, aracaia (sp ?). Mango trees, flamboyance, palmus, others seen down & clearing. On way saw a few grand land fern, snake. 1 staff member young - about 30. Also, evergreen, informatics, just little interest wildlife. He been here since 1970 - said prohibited hunt (except pecanin, & fishing) or extract raw from work - looking for jogian skin, 1000 cruzeros. He has since about 1967. Same jogian depredation in savannah & cerrado area then. But long period dry years he apparently reduced all game - mod rain 1967, more heavy since 1959. Ranch about 400 oo0 ha, but western 100 ooo recently sold. B section, each with its "ratos" and airstrip, extending w. to Rio Paraguaia. Alex says he seen only one jog in 8 yrs. Others agreed, rare. 1 ranch objective to get cattle on all land; then improve habitat thru cleaning, selecting & breed of stock (2 Swiss Brahman). Redoff - agreement, Univ. Fla., here 2 yrs. - saw cat (ocelot ?) swimming over. Best English. Plant "colonial" grass (Panaeum panense). Cut & clean, burn twice in successive yrs, then seed by plane. About 1/2 percent ranch "perturbed", but w/to the flood water (floods farther N., or Sao Lourenco & Rio Negro areas). Old Rosqueiro guy (cf. Fernando Leite, who once worked w. S. Siemel). Alex liked development now to last century in U.S. (but with planes & other helps). 1 Sauron angolan said to be rare. But 2 kinds peregrine, deer, antelope, armadillo, capidary, alligator, land turtle, few snake. Ocelot - scarcer than joguar. Walked a dirt road to 5 ft for (hr. Trache fayer, jay, anteater, agouti (?), others. Saw opossums, lizards, woodpecker (grey cast), fernante, many yarate. Forest about 60' high, fairly open, many dry lower ground,