8/31/35 - 
9/1/35 *» 
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9/8/35 * 
t/10/33 » 
f/lt /35 * 
t/lf/35 • 
9/21/35 - 
Katzaats fro® Hodman's Diary p. 4 
’the rat invasion has subsided..,,*,® few decrepit rats used to cone 
i? ut , late afternoon and crawl about tinder the shelter* fearlessly.,, 
and 5°T* the ?*** scant *ad «*ngy sores on the posterior, 
m» mt 0m» legs, Crimps this mmMMm is due to a deficient diet. 
f**z 1??* l hese **** ®ab*iSt on pussies ae, fegetatton Is unharmed, 
I stark birds nests ftnd eggs and fledglings in the®, day after dtv, 
so tne only likely food left Is mice and pig*weed and -parlous seed*. 
to £f ?2 raaay rat ® on thQ tsIand * that is, fro® three 
to five thousand. They have no natural enemy here, yet sotae force Is 
keeping tneir makers down, an*eh lower than, one would think normal* 
Hues fetf'SJft jSU whlch a mt mn <could!) procure birds and eggs, 
2JV* southeast ... measured 83 feet in length and' 2 feet 
* eed * *** 5* «*•*«■* sprout and the tar© died and all 
JK^JS-22 2*g£ leroona a « d * few feeble peppers ...Sain did 
C'-xne with intermittent downpo rs till after midnight 
£' ;**- *, % 
* ^ ats dugout the seeds from half the cam..,** *1 hare observe# 
ra s scurrying from the seas edge, but know of no reason why rats 
*S T ® leiBei * t the y 30 ^spise. * "Found the first 
S€Q-?pio& to ctote but it- * 
be f'I® R feh3Pee fehirt ? aod five this morning.,., 
also collected and marked a large section of nesting boobies and 
£t rst°of 4 oSober!?». 1 lntead fco gathe3r 15 or 20 I** **y the 
f 11 are Crating into yellow % _ 
**** ** rains My estimate of the rat population 
tMc^ if fhf o'liTf" 1° th¥ea *thousand at the most* they are 
gUOT ° °* U ‘ M . .. »» ** 
M 1 collected & total of fourteen specimens of pleats....* 
Stases 
lettut® out 
for Howland 
«idiy pearl 
the vmaj I 
"Vegetation 
party asters at sunrise. .. Abraham took s HR 
the snip that he grew in his garden..-, Itasca departed 
in to the tfo* two cistern 1 found a g< 
noted for the first time today, £% 
°# a wilted yellow asoe 
was thin and blind.* 
