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the channel to the sea are bordered with the kinds of 

 plants usually found on the sea-shore, and the rocks 

 in its vicinity are of that breccia so common in 

 Fiji. Coral is said to abound in the lake. It is most 

 probably the crater of an extinct volcano. Erom the 

 lake, the Eijians drag their canoes across the narrow 

 ridee of land, and descend with them into Natawa 

 bay. 



Lakes arc not numerous in Fiji. There is one in 

 Taviuni at about 3,000 feet above the sea, in an old 

 crater. Near the native town of na Kali-kosa, in the 

 interior of Yanua Levu, there is a small lake with a 

 floating island in it. 



On the south coast of Vanua Levu, near Mr. 

 Hawkins' cocoa-nut plantation between Levuka and 

 Vatu Kali, a singular occurrence has taken place. At 

 the place in question, the level of the reef falls 

 suddenly about 1\ feet, like a step. This fault runs 

 right out to sea at right angles to the coast-line. 

 East of this point there is a double line of reefs, an 

 outer or barrier reef, and an inner or fringing reef. 

 To the westward there is only the fringing reef. 

 This would lead to the conclusion, that there has been 

 either a depression on one side, or an upheaval on the 

 other. In connexion with the whole character of the 

 coast to the west of this point, and the indications of 

 the salt lake having at one time covered a larger area 

 than at present, an upheaval is most probably the 

 cornel inference. The surface of the flat land border- 

 the lake is from 2 \ to 3 feet above the level of the 

 water. 



Rivers of I'ili Levu. — Visitors to Eiji, coming from 



' nics," arc greatly surprised at the size and 



beauty of its rivers ; and, considering the size of the 



