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looked in have had sooty tern chicks in them. One female shot 
this afternoon had a fetus about 6 in C-B and had obviously suckled ycung 
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before. I shot another animal this evening l&orth of camp, bringing the 
total killed to 5. The?e have all been exults of 3 males and. 2 females. 
We are missing a young tabby we have seen before, and also a blqck end 
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After dinner I set out 25 sherman traps, along the stone w®l^ and 
around the buildings in the town, and along the ledges in the ravines. 
MATT and I looked for cats again, spotted two more, but did not get them. 
21 March 1963 
We got up at dawn today to get some work done before it got too 
hot. Two of the Sherman traps were sprang and empty, thc^th^r 3 h ^ 
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total of 25 hermit crabs in them. I have seen** sign of any rodents on 
the island, feeding sign, tracks or “burrows, oor nests under the 
debries from the fallen “buildings. If there have heen rats on the island 
in the past they would have had a food and wafer problem, unless they 
like the hermit crabs, ate the cotcrse grass, or perhaps ate the crab© 
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themselves. It appear thet the efts may h»ve been on the island 
for quite a while, and it is possible that they mat have exterminated any 
rats which might have been here. 
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Mat v went up to the north #end of the island tonight and shot 5 
more cats 2d 19, and ©aw 2 more later in the evening. About 2430 bob 
©aw one behind the fdirthest east building, and about the same ti e Binion 
saw one up near the sooty tern colony. With all the holes and rock 
ledges around the inland it is hard to tell how many cats may be on the 
island, as it is certainly easb for them to evade in. We heven f t seen 
