ty ~20Sharks are eaten by the tnewetak Atoll People. They learned how to prepare them and eat them from Carolinians during the German period. Porpoises are eaten. They are a delicacy as in the rest of the Marshalls. ‘They were caught in droves or surround method (jibuki). The porpoises would come into the Lagoon through the Biken Island pass. Ifmwas their most usual entry point. When sighted, the men woula go out in their large sailing canoes and herd the animals into the beach area, Some of the men would jump overboard and clap stones together under water, This would frighten the porpoises in to the beach where they would strand themselves and be captured, Whales were wery occas tionally stranded on Knewetak, They were eaten when and if tne people could get to them before the meat spoiled. It should be mentioned that the mewetak People and the:rest.of-the = Marshatlese do not like food that is "high", that is, that has started to spoil. Their fish, meat, and other foods are eaten only if fresh. This is in contrast to the Trukese for example who have a taste for food that is "high, The Enewetak People and other Marshallese, and other Micronesian groups eat their fish raw as weil as cooked. Marine products are also preserved by sun drying, saiting, and smoking. The monitor lizards (Varanus indicus) which were imported by the Japanese to curb rodents were never eaten by the local people or by other Marshailese. Some of these reptiles have been reported on Japtan island within recent years. The people dislike tnem and are arraid of then. The mewetak People eat the coconut crab (Birgus latro) which is considered a delicacy. Other species of crabs are used for fish bait only. - 4 vy? Benga chee ABD + Jk ao sa ve . wo We 2 ~~ OL oss mT + TIT Yad ket yt pS woo Ne te . . > : * aolae . : . ar ot paonrver mo - ed aged TOFS +4