Locality:

Eniwetok Atoll

Date:

Personnel: William Allen, Trust
Territory Representative, left
the party with the Ran Annim.

Aug. 28, 1964--Friday

Weather:
P.M.

Rain--storms in

Water conditions:

Rough in

P.M.

Everyone was up and ready to unload by 7:30 A.M.

as scheduled.

The "T" boat and the trucks arrived about 9:45 and unloading the
equipment and personnel gear started at once.

The ship's crew

had everything on pallets so the loading took only a few minutes.

A major flap developed about paying board bills on the ship.
We had assumed on past performance that each person should pay
his board bill of $5.00 a day or a total of $70.00 for the 14
days of

the cruise,

Arnold Joseph said no,

“subsistence"--so no pay.

We

the

12 from the U.

letter said

of W.

paid.

Arnold

Joseph did not.
Back at EMBL the two trucks piled high with equipment, materials,

samples and glass balls were unloaded during the after-

noon and sample preparation and packing got started.
Wm, Jackson went to Japtan Island to set his rat traps.
He had picked up his traps set on Parry Island in the early
morning.

Only roof rats were caught on Parry Island,

total

23,

with 12 males and 11 females.
The rats were not diurnal to any extent.
caught about 1830-1900.

First rats were

Most of these were still alive in the

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