R.D. Kirkpatrick 1965 Journal Nukunono Atoll, Tokelau Islands Mar and I took rat traps, the .22 pistol, and the 1 16ga. single in a longboat to another island. (cont.) We burnt coconut meat as rat bait and we set the traps. We caught skinks, two centipedes and I shot 2 Rattus exulans. P.M. I made up the rat skins (amid a swarm of coconut flies). After dark I helped Hackman catch insects. (The word Tokelau means “tip of the Pandanus leaf”) Mar We went to the village where the 2 Priest (a young New Zealander) fed us and the village had a dance for us. In the dance Pale the older men were at one end, the young men at the other, and the girls were in between. We sat in chairs facing them. Each group danced separately. Later we twisted with the girls for one dance then at the end a girl put a lei around each of our necks. We went aboard ships at about 10:30 P.M. and sailed away.