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R.D. Kirkpatrick
1965 Journal
Tokelan Islands
Feb. enough to be waded.
26 These are the prettiest islands I
(ant) have ever seen.
An albino native women about
60 years old was noted in the village.
No one lives in the village except
native Polynesians.
I set 25 Museum Specials baited
with peanut butter on the small
island where our pole is located.
One species of rat is supposed to
be on the atoll. No bats are supposed
to be here according to the natives.
No bats were seen at dusk or were observed
hanging in trees.
11 P.M. The rat traps were run but
no rodents were seen or caught. Four
of the 25 traps had been sprung by
land crabs and/or hermit crabs.
Feb. No rats were in the traps.
27 9 A.M. The 3 natives, other than the
capt chief, took me to the next island
north and set the 25 rat traps, baited
with peanut butter. The natives then
killed a land crab, wove a coconut
frond basket, cut a Scaevola limb to