Wager plum 1974 Journal 20 Tagus lav, Isla Isabela, Galapago, Ecuador 21-30 Jan along the edge of the [illegible] was the only place we caught rats last time so it was better that I placed so Tomalou's. Both goning, & due to the late hour they were placed fairly close to one another. Caught only 6 Rattus both subspecies. Tropidolemma common, but very small most w. miniature oldns, & extremely skittish & hard to capture. Large is less than 3" long. Jane finally caught a but no lig was ever seen. Phyllodactyls also hard to come by. Used quite a few cups of the sand when we landed, couldnt only one on the ground. Then we learned to look for them on tree trunks, & this an hour we had 10. Many scorpions, both on the ground & in the trees. Elsewhere we've seen than many on the ground. Well they to playing in the geckos? Strange - that the first place we find its of geckos in trees is the first place we see scorpions in trees. While anchored at Tagus Wright & Jane partially obliterated the Searcher's autographs. Now reads FAP HEI. But we saw the Calypso's name, & the Westward - both Research vessels, & food had been chew more recently than we had. Why did they pick on us! Fishing not too good where we were anchored.