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part was covered with low hills, on which grass and 

 trees were growing, the land having been previously 

 cultivated. The soil was fertile, and adapted for grow- 

 ing Liberian coffee, cacoa, and in some places sugar 

 cane. The latter could be grown more particularly 

 towards the course of the Wai-dina, on the banks 

 of which there is a large area of flats and other 

 lands on which it could be grown to perfection. 

 I stayed a few days at na Buke Luke and ascended 

 Buke Levu, a mountain about 1,800 feet above the 

 sea level, from which fine and extensive views of the 

 country could be obtained. Na Buke Luke is about 

 20 miles east of Namosi by the course of the river. 

 The rocks seen on the journey were mostly sedimen- 

 tary ; on the sides of Buke Levu agglomerate, 

 basaltic, and aqueous rocks were common. 



I left na Buke Luke in the morning, and arrived 

 at Veseri village about five in the afternoon. The 

 path led through the forest, in which I gathered several 

 new species of ferns, and made additions to my collec- 

 tion of flowering plants. The forest was well stocked 

 with good timber, such as damanu, &c. The path was 

 steep and wet, especially the latter part of it, which 

 took us down the bed of the Veseri river, after having 

 crossed the Wai Manu and several tributary streams. 

 The land which we passed over was good and favour- 

 able for growing cacoa, and both the common and the 

 Liberian species of coffee. The rocks were mostly 

 aqueous, but both basalt and agglomerate were noticed 

 at dill civnt places, particularly in the bed of the Veseri 

 river. 



Veseri is a small village situated on the river of the 

 same name, about 3 miles towards the interior from 

 the head of Suva bay. The river is navigable to the 



