K. Amerman 1964 Eribut Atoll Marshall Islands In the rainforest part of the island, the coconuts and Pandanus reach the beach here. In some areas the Scaevola is nearly wholly choked by Carryntha. I found my first coconut crabs. Three of them, growing on a fallen coconut beneath a Pisonia tree in the middle of the mixed forest. What mean, powerful looking creatures! The one I collected was treated with great respect. We left Bozanga about 11:20 and met the other party on Eribut. The six Marshallese were there as well. About six thatched huts of various sizes, some with tin sides, remain from the 20 or so former inhabitants. One in which we caught shelter from a brief, driving rain contained a metal bed. Eribut is slightly externally planted to coconuts for its mile and a half length. Many trees were down and there was a broad area of bare sand about 4/3 the distance from the coast end, indicating a fairly recent heavy storm. Coconut crabs were present here also. The specimen they had dwarfed mine by three times. They had collected an unknown white goose which the natives claimed they had never seen.