(1) Note on microscopical examination of stone-axes.
(2) Note on the ascent of the tide in the Ndreketi River.
(3) Note on the “talasinga” districts.
INDEX [385]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Plates | ||
| TO FACE PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| Na Raro (2,420 feet) from the south-west, a peak of acid andesite | [Frontispiece] | |
| Ndrandramea (1,800 feet) from the south-east, a peak of acid andesite rising about a thousand feet from its base | ||
| The Ndrandramea District from the westward | [98] | |
| Mount Tavia (2,210 feet) from Vatu Kaisia | [108] | |
| The magnetic peak of Navuningumu (1,931 feet) from the south | ||
| Mbenutha Cliffs, showing volcanic agglomerates overlying tuffs and clays, containing shells of pteropods and foraminifera, which are raised 1,100 feet above the sea | [111] | |
| Duniua Lagoon, representing an old mouth of the Ndreke-ni-wai | [153] | |
| Lithographs | ||
| Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands | [1] | |
| Fiji Islands | [373] | |
| Figures | ||
| PAGE | ||
| Profiles of Vanua Levu as Viewed from the South. Graphically Represented on a Horizontal Scale of about 16 miles to the inch | [4] | |
| Korolevu Hill (800 feet) from Wailea Bay | [46] | |
| Profile and Geological Section of the western end of Vanua Levu from the Wainunu estuary across the summit of the basaltic mountain of Seatura to the edge of the submarine platform off the Ndama coast as limited by the 100-fathom line | [62] | |
| Profile, looking north from off the mouth of the Wainunu River | [83] | |
| Rough plan of the Ndrandramea district in Vanua Levu; made with prismatic compass and aneroid by H. B. Guppy | [99] | |
| Profiles of Ngaingai and Wawa Levu from Nambuna to the south-west. Both are dacitic mountains | [101] | |
| Profile and Geological Section of Vanua Levu, across the island from the Sarawanga (north) coast to the Yanawai (south) coast | [107] | |
| Profile-sketch of the Vatu Kaisia district from S.S.E. | [113] | |
| Section of the Vatu Kaisia district | [115] | |
| Profiles of Na Raro | [124] | |
| Profile-sketches of the Va-Lili Range | [141] | |
| Profile-sketch of the mountainous axis of Vanua Levu | [167] | |
| Koro-mbasanga from the north-north-east | [167] | |
| Mount Mbatini from the top of Koro-mbasanga | [173] | |
| View from Muanaira on the south coast of Natewa Bay | [173] | |
| Ideal Section of Thambeyu | [177] | |
| Diagram illustrating the two sets of felspar-lathes in a dyke | [238] | |
| Magma-lakelet, ·25 mm. in size, magnified 290 diameters, from a basalt at Navingiri | [339] | |
| Showing fragments of glass with eroded borders and of plagioclase with more even edges in a matrix of palagonite traversed by cracks | [342] | |
| Diagram showing the succession of deposits below the Nandua tea-estate | [345] | |
VANUA LEVU,
FIJI ISLANDS.
Drawn on a scale of 25 miles to 3 inches by H. B. Guppy, M.B.
Based on the Admiralty Surveys, but most of the topographical
details of the interior have been supplied from the author’s observations
with the aneroid and prismatic compass in 1897-99. It is
merely intended to illustrate his general account of the physical
and geological characters of the island and is very far from
complete. (see introduction.)
OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC