Mustangi, meika A., 1993 journal 26 Ubatuba - SP Bait: banana (slice) and oatmeal. We met 3 hunters in the afternoon. They backed when they saw us, but I called and then they had to pass by us. Probably illegal hunter, w/ pistols and large canisters. Backpacks full of ?. We didn't talk. We need to tell Paulo and Seu Salvador about them. 19-24 July Fundação Capricórnio is more or less 1 year old. It's a private biological reserve for sustained exploitation of the forest (± 600 ha). They grow forest products (some not native of Mata Atlântica, e.g. cacau), run educational programs (ecotourism) and others. After the first trapping night with only 2 individuals of Proechimys captured, we bought "amendo- crem" (= peanut butter) and "emulsão scott" (= food supplement made of codfish liver oil). We caught 6 animals on the 2nd night, 1 Akodon, 1 Metachirus and ... 4 Proechimys. As on São Sebastião Island, they are quite abundant here. The forest strikes for the abundance and diversity of lianas and epiphytes, some quite beautiful. Many trees have aerial roots