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