Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 / Vanua Levu, Fiji

by H. B. Guppy

ND = the Fijian D

NG = the Fijian G and Q

• Abbreviations, for rock descriptions, [236]
• Acicastello, Sicily, basalt and palagonite, [347]
• Acid and basic rocks, regions of, [219], [374]
• Agassiz, Prof. A., [294], [373], [376], [377]
• Agates, [138], [139], [227], [353], [354]
• Agglomerates; see Volcanic agglomerates
• Algæ in hot springs, [24], [25], [33], [38]
• Alps, magnetic rocks of the, [362], [363]
• Altered rocks; see Propylites, etc.
• Andesites, acid, [98-108], [112], [123-127], [193], [194];
  • relative frequency of, [235];
  • classification of, [293-306];
  • distribution of, [374];
  • peaks in basaltic flows, [104], [115], [116], [374];
  • altered, [105], [297];
  • columnar, [102], [104];
  • pre-basaltic, [375]
• Andrews, Mr. E. C., [7], [22], [294], [350], [378]
• Artesian reservoirs, [39]
• Augite, crystals of, in tuffs, [45], [182], [193]
• Augite-andesites, [51], [162], [199], [204], [209], [232], [235], [294], etc.;
  • classification of, [239], [245], [246], [266-284];
  • distribution of, [374];
  • aphanitic, [117-120], [125], [162], [168], [279];
  • relative frequency of, [235];
  • see Basaltic andesites
• Avuka, range, [179]
• Axes, stone, structure of, [383]

• Bare-poll, peak, near Soni-soni, [93]
• Barrack, Mr. A. H., [27], [123]
• Barrack, Mr. Alex., [364]
• Barratt, Mr., [68]
• Barrier-reef, great, of Fiji; see under Submarine plateau
• [^[169]]Basaltic andesites, [47], [56], [64], [75], [108], [123], [137], [147], [148], [160], [164], [190], [204], [206], [208], [288];
  • classification of, [239], [266], [278];
  • distribution of, [374]
• Basaltic rocks, extensive disintegration of, [57], [64], [72], [129]
• Basaltic flows surrounding hills of acid andesite, [104], [115], [116], [374]
• Basaltic plains and plateaux, [6], [55], [62], [82], [107], [128-135], [373]
• Basaltic submarine flows, [338], [342], [344], [346], [347], [372], [375];
  • see under Submarine plateau and Basaltic plains
• Basalts, columnar, [3], [63], [78], [83], [84], [85], [123], [129], [133], [147], [170], [173], [203], [260], [284]
• Basalts, ophitic, [50], [74], [114], [133], [137], [138], [155], [159], [162], [191], [204], [213], [252], [256], [347];
  • the ophitic habit, [237], [238];
  • ophitic sub-orders, [236], [241-245];
  • ophitic genera, [256], [262], [272-276], [283]
• Basalts, olivine, relation of black and grey, [89], [90];
  • classification of, [239], [241-244], [252-26]5;
  • relative frequency of, [235];
  • distribution of, [374]
• Basalts, grey olivine, [65-67], [73-75], [77], [89], [253-255], [257], [261], [263]
• Basalts, highly basic, [258]
• Basalts, of Acicastello, [347];
  • of Mbua and Ndama plains, [58], [134], [262], [278];
  • of Ndreketi plains, [133], [134];
  • of Sarawanga plains, [129], [134], [262];
  • of Savu-savu peninsula, [190], [288];
  • of Seatura, [63-72], [85];
  • of Solevu Bay, [75-77];
  • of Wainunu, [85];
  • of Ulu-i-ndali, [89]
• Basalts associated with palagonite, [347]
• Basic glass, [312], [338];
  • see Pitchstone, Crush-tuffs, Hyalomelan-tuffs
• Bastite, [182], [297]
• Baur, Mr., [380]
• Blyth, Mr., [123]
• Brady, Mr. H. B., [322], [376]
• Breccias; see Volcanic agglomerates
• Bronzite, [182]
• Bromlow, Dr., [29]
• Büchner, Dr. Max, [22]
• Bulling, Mr., [32], [36], [232]
• Bunsen, on palagonite, [343], [344]

• Carbonate of iron, concretions of, [227], [351], [356]
• Carcharodon, [376]
• Chalcedony, [13], [138], [162], [183], [199], [226-22], [350-355];
  • see Agate, Onyx, Flints
• Chalmers, Mr., [233]
• Charts, old and new compared, [18], [19]
• Chert, [355]
• Classification of volcanic rocks, [235]
• Coleoptera of Fiji, [377]
• Columnar structure; see Basalt, Acid andesite, Dacite, Oligoclase-trachyte
• Combe, Commander, [15]
• Cooper, Mr. H. S., [29]
• Coral reefs, upheaved, [7-12], [189], [200], [201], [318];
  • their absence in the higher levels, [7], [8], [12], [19], [375]
• Craters, traces of, [44], [52], [67], [80], [166], [186], [192], [195], [202]
• Crush-tuffs, [55], [94], [149], [157], [341];
  • general description, [334];
  • see below
• Crushing of basic glass;
  • in veins, [340], [341];
  • on surface of a submarine flow, [93], [338];
  • in matrix of pitchstone-agglomerate and in rubbly pitchstone, [94], [142], [145], [157], [313];
  • its connection with palagonite, [93], [339], [340-342], [346]
• Cumming, Miss Gordon, [22], [25], [29]

• Dacites, [3], [5], [100], [108], [235], [294], [304];
  • columnar, [101], [102];
  • definition of the term, [295];
  • classification and characters, [240], [302];
  • see Acid andesites
• Dall, Dr., [376]
• Dana, Prof., [3], [10], [11], [16], [21], [26], [72], [84], [129], [135], [218], [309], [363]
• Darwin, Mr., on barrier-reefs, [373]
• Datum-mark, [195]
• David, Prof., [376]
• Deep-sea deposits, [337]
• Delanasau, [68]
• Dillon’s Rock, [45]
• Diorite, [182], [193], [235], [249], [251]
• Doelter, on hornblende paramorphism, [308]
• Doleritic, use and definition of the term, [236], [238], [259], [274]
• Dolomite, [7]
• Drayton, peak; see Mariko
• Dykes, [51], [54], [63], [68-72], [78], [81], [142], [144], [148], [155], [156], [163], [164], [170], [171], [184], [199], [202], [209], [216], [220], [233], [234], [267], [268], [270], [277], [280], [282];
  • their two sets of felspar-lathes, [238]

• Eakle, Mr., [293], [294]
• Earthquakes, [37]
• Emergence of Vanua Levu, [1], [7-20], [321], [376-379];
  • age of, [376]
• Etna, mount, coast springs of, [39];
  • dykes in Valle del Bove, [237];
  • magnetic bomb, [364]

• Fairmaire, M., [377]
• Faro, island, Solomon Group, [2]
• Fawn, harbour, [9], [200], [318]
• Felsitic andesites, [106], [108], [295], [300];
  • see Acid andesites and Dacites
• Felsitic groundmass, as employed in classification, [236], [239], [240], [249]
• Felsitic orders, [249], [291], [297], [300], [302]
• Felspar-lathes in classification, [236], [241]
• Fern, tree, silicified caudex of, [360]
• Fish-scales, fossil, [154]
• Flints, [13], [81], [83], [138], [139], [222], [226], [350-360]
• Floating islands, [225]
• Floras of Fiji, Hawaii, and Tonga, [379]
• Flow-arrangement in classification, [236-238]
• Folgheraiter, Dr., [362], [365]
• Foraminiferal limestones, [130-132], [202], [318]
• Foraminiferous deposits (tuffs, muds, clays), [96], [109], [130], [134], [136], [139], [149], [154], [161], [170], [198], [205];
  • description of, [321-333];
  • altered, [324-326];
  • thickness of, [156];
  • see Globigerina deposits and Palagonite-tuffs
• Fossilised trees, [233]
• Freeland, Mount, [2], [6], [203-206], [269], [274]

• Gabbros, [180], [182], [184], [211], [235];
  • classification of, [239], [240];
  • characters, [249], [250];
  • see Plutonic rocks
• Geikie, Sir A., [375]
• Giant sedge; see Scirpodendron
• Globigerina deposits, [10], [55], [131], [158], [177], [187], [189], [190], [221], [321-326], [344];
  • see Foraminiferous deposits
• Globigerina limestone, [319]
• Gold, alluvial, in Vanua Levu, [116]
• Granular pyroxene, the sub-orders characterised by, [236], [241], &c.
• Greenstones; see Propylites
• Groundmass, characters of, used in classification, [236-238]

• Haig, Major, on magnetic rocks, [363]
• Hale Peak, [210], [212]
• Hanusz, on floating islands, [226]
• Harker, Mr., [362], [367], [379]
• Harman’s Point, [191]
• Hawaii, [2], [38], [85], [363];
  • flora of, [379];
  • coast springs of, [38]
• Hedley, Mr., [376], [380]
• Hekla, Mount, [375]
• Holmes, Mr., [68]
• Hornblende, magmatic paramorphism of, [293], [299], [301], [303];
  • process described, [306]
• Hornblende-andesites, [91], [184], [193], [194], [201], [235], [294];
  • see Acid andesites and hornblende-hypersthene andesites
• Hornblende-gabbro, [184], [249], [250]
• Hornblende-hypersthene-andesites, [240], [298-302]
• Horne, Mr., [10], [21], [22], [25], [34], [55], [141], [143], [194], [195], [203], [225];
  • see the preface
• Hornstone, [350]
• Hot springs, general description of, [21-42];
  • list of, [40];
  • analysis, [28];
  • distribution in Vanua Levu, [36], [138], [233]
• Humboldt, A. von, on magnetic rocks, [361], [365]
• Hussak, on magmatic paramorphism, [308]
• Hutton, [380]
• Hyalomelan tuffs, [47], [80], [110], [333], [334]
• Hydrothermal metamorphism; see Solfataric
• Hypersthene; see Pyroxene, rhombic
• Hypersthene-andesites, [294], [296]
• Hypersthene-augite-andesites, [5], [52] [147], [161], [164], [168], [171], [173-175], [178], [179], [182], [186], [190], [199], [201], [203], [208], [211], [230];
  • classification, [240], [247], [248];
  • characters of the orders and sub-orders, [285-292];
  • relative frequency, [235];
  • distribution, [374]