August 25, 1964 village, (cont.) pay them for work and inventory Ed's supplies in the warehouse. A tent, axe, and mouse traps are about only items left. Left for Kabelle at 10:00 A.M. ashore by 1:30. Measured these, Arrived at 12:30 P.M. and Coconut treatments continue to look good. photographed and refertilized some. lections at pit 38 and checked the wash area. Made col- Everything seems normal at Kabelle." Jackson--Rats at Rongelap Island. plantation away from domestic fowl. but only 1 female R. exulans caught. "Trap line set in coconut Very little trap disturbance That she was pregnant might be chance in a small sample or this might indicate general breeding taking place where population density is less. Joba indicated rats had been very bad when they returned to the island and that poison--Warfarin--had been used. not numerous now; he said. Rats are the area trapped had been poisoned last year, Joba indicated that he recognized two sizes of rats and that some rats infested the cocos trees. (Only roof rats do this regularly; ) "My judgement is that both roof and Polynesian rats are present on this island in fair numbers. Trapping them in the village area or in the boondocks would have revealed this." Palumbo's notes on Kabelle: "The survey of Kabelle Island was