saw on the Rewa two thriving cotton plantations, 

 each about 200 acres in extent, belonging to the 

 natives. They were in good condition, well laid out, 

 cleanly kept, and the plants had a healthy appear- 

 ance. The centre road through one of them was 

 bordered with banana trees for shade ; and these trees 

 were also grown to mark off the plantation into 

 squares or plots, each of which belonged to a different 

 township. At the junction of the Wai ni Mala and 

 the Wai ni Buka, about 60 miles from the sea, I saw 

 a plantation of tapioca or cassava (jatrqpha manihof) 

 and arrowroot, and a few acres of a young flourish- 

 ing coffee plantation. I noticed during my journey that 

 all the rocks on the banks of the river were of the 

 sedimentary formation. 



On my way back to Levuka I visited the Wesleyan 

 Training School at Navaloa, which is attended by 

 advanced scholars from all part of Fiji, either for the 

 purpose of being educated as teachers or for the 

 native ministry.* It is also attended by the sons 

 of the chiefs for the purpose of obtaining a higher 

 education than the village schools can supply. The 

 establishment is under the superintendence of a 

 master who is a European. 



On returning to Levuka I went by sea to Tai Levu, 

 a large district on the east coast of VitiLevu. We 

 were becalmed for some time at the " back (N.W. side) 

 of Ovalau," and, on landing, slept at the house of a 

 settler u ho i^ rearing a fine herd of cattle there. The 

 quality of his land was good and capable of growing 

 sugar canes; bui here again the want of a mill and the 

 want of means to purchase one were hinderances in the 

 way of cultivation. These wants indeed are common 



* Vide page 140. 



