EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXVIII. 



Fig. 1. Kava stone, torpedo or cigar-shaped, of argillaceous 

 limestone : — 



Length .. ... 3 ft. 5 inches. 

 Circumf. ... 2 ,, 6^ ,, 

 Weight 124 lbs. " 



St. Phillip and St. James' Bay, or " Big Bay," Espiritu 

 Santo. 



Fig. 2. Olivine-basalt missile stick, slightly curved : — 



Length... ... 1 ft. 7 J inches. 



Section... ... oval. 



Weight ... 3 lbs. 



Tanna. 



Fig. 3. Coral (Astrcea) missile stick : — 



Length... ... 1 ft. 11 inches. 



Section... ... circular. 



Weight ... 2 lbs. 11 ozs. 



Fntuna, or Eronan, Island. 



Fig. 4. "Slaying" Stone C«i7*Z-a-?HrtZj, obtusely quadrangular, 

 of olivine-basalt : — 



Length ... ... 3 ft. 1 inch. 



Circumf. ... ... 1 ,, 1^ ,, 



Weight 45 lbs. 



Gwyn-ap Village, Central Tanna. 



