It is anticipated that a great deal more impprted foods such as rice and flonr will be consumed to replace tne amounts of lodal vegetable foods that Will not be available on Enewetak for a number of years. It will more than likely be necessary to institute a supplemental feeding program to supplement these needs as part of the rehabilitation program. As indicated earlier coconuts, pandanus, arrowroot and breadfruit are the main vegetable foods used. Bananas, squash, and papaia are used but to a lesser extent. Pandanus and arrowroot were especiaily important on mnewetak and grew in large numbers. Breadfruit and taro and bananas were rare but the people have developed these plants on Ujilang. They like them and will want to have them upon their return to Enewetak. One can safely assume that if local foods are available, as they will be eventually, the people will eat them, as well as the imported foods. They enjoy both kinds of foods and will not allow any of it to go to waste. They possess techniques for processing and preserving surplus crops such as breadfruit, pandmas, and arrowroot. The agricultural resources on Snewetak Atoll today, in dramatic contrast to the marine resources, are practically nonexistent. There are a very few bearing coconut trees, There are to my knowledge no edible vakieties of pandanus, There are no breadfruit trees, nor any other food bearing trees or plants with the exception of a negligible amount of arrowrcot. Various kinds of plants are used in the preparation of medicines, Tnese are used both internally and externally. The Marshallese pharmacopoeia includes the ubiquitous Tournefortia. /Hesserschmidia / arventia, Scasvola frutescens, yeee, ware Some Se oe Ow ae pt 0 ek CRE ie CL PLY YR de meee 6G EPL : ck - eye ae mo Sate @ i dessa 6G a Yoke - 11. . o . “4 : : ge ee eat Ne Le : be OA 5mee tig L. : - ' +, OL! es LD ” andor: Pha. “ pei teste te ea Meo ~ «4 fh | 4. shelters, implements, and the like. They are obviously important in the economy and the culture, por ARCHIVES ¢ ~ Mes