7 , nlote iglancs as tiny es wo cou teli is emo +. another nico nopniatien oF anisciis OY pe wadeh rakes it . _ of. Tat 07 GuURoy Gs tnu5S a oa v¥YYo. rm 2. aie s . a 4 mae a elescest island te the couth of this island is about L9G test, oma ot . OH oY a an ® ee 7 a ake ae ge: 9 for 2 rat, oncout Yor tao which shovld not E2en too much tron «ble wae g ba) {-*- fact that sinee it is on tha enstoz nocigo eontinnors —- of the atoll, thore Eloy of vater cvor a + a cacy ot * 7 one to tyo-nud-a-half por second an:et fvem cineanGgea-hali to ta: feet. Hovevor, curront, I do not think the Eats could svim in thet wo have never ccon a mnt the avoa in the water, f wWarvls in Wo just noveee $00 thom in the water, The closest isisrd to the POwRthn ae we Nal ole we but sinee thore aren*t any rats on tho island thers, there is no danger of simmigration SYom thore Tnere is a methed by whic 1 tho rats Ieomn othor islants could get into tho island, and this is by beat tvavel. Boats poricdically dock er land a tro island, and it is con- ceivabiec that rats could come in on the beats. However, since the rat is vratus omeelioncs, a fiecl qd rat, wa have nover seen one On any of the bonis. I do not think that the ileld rat is getting into the isiend 4n thet men nos, Eovaveor, we do have evi- Gence that the old world rats cone in on the ships with the suyvplics and equipment from the States , and thers would be a chance that these animals ¢esuld b2 tranons However, since tha olc world rats a