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In Vanua Levu a range of lofty mountains extends 

 almost from end to end of the island, and forms its 

 main watershed. In the mountain and river system 

 of Vanua Levu, the principal slope is towards the west 

 and north-west. The chief subdivisions of this water- 

 shed are in order from south-west to north-east ; (1) 

 in the vicinity of Dand's Peak, (Corobato) ; (2) 

 The Sugar Loaf (Thorobala) ; (3) Needle Peak ; (1) 

 "Drayton's Peak ; (5) Hale's Peak. Prom the first, the 

 water flows eastward towards Kobalau Point and Savu 

 savu Bay, and north-westward towards Naloa. Bua is 

 surrounded by a semicircle of mountains, among which, 

 in a valley, flows a large stream that rises in the 

 vicinity of Dand's Peak, and enters the sea a little to 

 the south of Sandalwood Bay. Prom the Sugar Loaf 

 (2), the water flows eastward to Savu-savu Bay, and 

 south to Wai Nunu near Kobalau point. 



The tributaries of the Dreketi river rise in the 

 vicinity of Drayton's Peak (4), and, flowing in a westerly 

 direction, join the main branch of the rive] 1 as it flows 

 from the mountains (Needle Peak) of Wai Levu, fall- 

 ing into the sea nearly opposite the island of Nuvera. 

 It is navigable for small craft drawing 3 feet of water 

 for 25 miles from its mouth. A range of mountains 

 extends along the N.W. coast of Vanua Levu, from 

 near the mouth of this river, to nearly, opposite Mali 

 island. Between this range and the main watershed, 

 which runs in a zig-zag manner through the island, 

 lies the basin of the Dreketi river and its tributaries, 

 four large streams. Prom Drayton's Peak, the water- 

 shed runs eastward, close to the N.W. shore of Natawa 

 bay, and northward to Hale's Peak (5). The waters 

 from this basin flow in a north- westerly direction, and 

 enter the sea by several large streams opposite Mali 



