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found a cutter, which a much respected gentleman 

 had sent from Savu-savu hay to take me to Taviuni. 

 At "Wai-Nunu the land is fertile, suitable near the sea 

 for cocoa-nuts (for which there is space for more exten- 

 sive planting), and further inland for sugar cane, 

 Liberian and common coffee, and cacoa. On getting 

 under weigh we tacked out of the river, but the wind 

 being against us we landed again in the evening. 

 Next morning we endeavoured to beat through the 

 pass in the reefs, but the tide had turned, and the wind 

 being still contrary, a furious sea was raised in the 

 pass, so that we were obliged to proceed inside the 

 reefs, rounding Kobalau point, and reaching Savu- 

 savu in the evening. The gentleman to whose kind- 

 ness I have just alluded took me to his home, and a 

 gale setting in soon after, I was detained there for a 

 few days. On leaving my kind entertainer, I travelled 

 along the south coast of the island to Vatu Kali, near 

 " Fawn Harbour," arrangements having been made 

 for the cutter to follow. There is quite a number of 

 settlers on this part of the coast, who have fine planta- 

 tions of cocoa-nuts and thriving herds of cattle. To 

 several of them I was indebted for hospitable enter- 

 tainment. All this coast is well adapted for growing 

 the cocoa-nut tree, which, although now abundant, 

 could be vastly increased. The soil is invariably 

 good, and in places on the sides of the low hills and 

 on the flat lands sugar cane would thrive admirably, as 

 also the two kinds of coffee already so frequently 

 mentioned. 



The rocks noticed were agglomerate, basalt, and 

 coral, the first and last particularly common. We 

 left Vatu Kali in the cutter at daylight, but, 

 owing to calms and light winds, and these contrary, it 



