In July, 1972, a preliminary trapping survey was conducted in a dune valley south of the Kuiseb River and ten kilometres west of Gobabeb, to determine the feasibility of a study of the ecology of Gerbillus paeba in the sand dunes of the Namib. Keywords: Namibia, Namib Desert, Gobabeb, Kuiseb River, mammal ecology, sampling technique, population dynamics. habitat, desert adaptation, desert environment, Gerbillurus paeba.