R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Tokalaw Island Feb sharpen for husking the coconuts, climbed 27 a tree and threw down coconuts, husked cost them and put them and the crab in the basket almost as fast I could write about it. 1 P.M. No rats in the traps. The natives and I rebaited five of the traps with coconut meat and moved one of the traps to the west end of the island. Our native guides inform me that the only mammals present, besides humans, are the pig, the dog, the rat and the rat. Chickens are also kept by the villagers for meat and eggs. Dusk. Two natives waited with me until full dark then we waded to Paka Island. One native used my headlight to catch coconut crabs and the other carried a coconut frond basket to collect the crabs in. The crabs were killed by bending their heads upward. We then collected 2 Rattus exulans. Back at camp I made skins from the rats while the natives cooked