CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON SOME OF THE LEADING PHYSICAL 

 FEATURES OF THE ISLAND 



Its remarkable shape, I. Its building up, 2. Study of its profile, 3 Mount 

 Seatura. Regions of acid andesites. Basaltic tablelands. Great ridge- 

 mountains, 5. Boundary of the regions of basic and acid rocks, 6. Its 

 primary features, the dacitic peak, the basaltic plateau, and the ridge- 

 mountain Pages i 6 



CHAPTER II 



ON THE EVIDENCE OF EMERGENCE OR OF UPHEAVAL AT THE SEA-BORDERS 



Elevated coral reefs scantily represented, 7. Apparent absence of coral reefs 

 in the early stages of the emergence, 8. Elevated reefs confined to the 

 coast and its vicinity. Detailed examination of the sea-borders, 9. Silici- 

 fied corals and siliceous concretions the only evidence in many localities of 

 the upraised reefs, 13. The relations of the mangrove-belt to the reef-flat, 

 14. Indications of a very gradual movement of emergence in our own 

 time, 15. The rate of advance of the mangroves, 16. Conclusions, 19. 



Pages 7 20 



CHAPTER III 

 THE HOT SPRINGS OF VANUA LEVU 



The thermal springs of other parts of the group, 21. The hot springs of the 

 Wainunu valley, 22. The boiling springs of Savu-savu, 25. Analyses of 

 the water, 28. The hot springs of other localities, 31. Distribution of the 

 springs, 35. The algae and siliceous deposits, 37. The cold and thermal 

 springs of Hawaii and Etna, 38. Infiltration, the source of the springs, 

 39. A view negatived by Prof. Suess. List of the hot springs of Vanua 

 Levu, 40. Summary of the chapter, 42 Pages 21 42 



