Caution must be used in collecting such to be reasonably sure that they are a true daily rations representation. Misunderstanding and a misguided desire to please on the part of some individual Rongelapese can easily lead to merely a collection of miscellaneous food items rather than actual daily rations of prepared food. It was felt that a few samples which were witnessed to be composed of the items and portions actually being consumed were origin. preferable to Consequently, many samples of uncertain some samples proffered by individuals were discarded. In spite of the care used there are obvious discrepancies. Sample number 3 lously low in (Table 1), for example, total amount of appears food consumed. to be ridicuThere can be little doubt that there must have been some "snacking," for which there is no accounting because eating habits of the Rongelapese are irregular and it was impractical to follow each individual throughout the day. Therefore, all of the samples collected (Table 1) should probably be considered as erring toward the low side for total consumption. However, there does appear to be a reasonable agreement with quantities listed by Murai (1953) from a study at Majuro Atoll. Catala (1957) has pointed out the difficulties of obtaining quantitative data in these areas.