52 THE CORAL LANDS Of THE PACIFIC. 



by a waterfall 25 feet in height. A series of smaller falls are 

 below the pool to seawards. As in the bathing-hole of the 

 Totoga creek, there is a cave immediately in rear of the fall, 

 but of twice its size. In fact Waitova ' washing-place ' is a 

 superb pool and waterfall in the mountain-side, and the view 

 down that glorious valley to the blue sea, bisected by the 

 glittering coral reef, is surpassing in its beauty. 



Waitova in the early sunlight when its exquisite avenue is 

 illumined by the morning rays, and the ever- varied under- 

 growth is disclosed by the same means is a valley for a poet 

 to sing of. As a matter of fact, the distance prevents most 

 Levukans from reaching Waitova before breakfast. Business 

 in the stores commences about nine, and goes on with little 

 intermission till past five in the evening. Levukans may 

 lounge about and gossip a good deal ; but they do work, and 

 work hard. 



At the principal hotels and boarding-houses lunch is served 

 about one, and consists of one or two warm dishes, including 

 curries, cold meats, sardines, and other canned fish, and odds 

 and ends, which make an appetising meal. 



In the afternoon a siesta is often taken for an hour or so, 

 which always agrees with the digestive organs. Dinner is served 

 about 6 to 6.30, and is generally of the conventional type 

 soup and fish, entries and joint, puddings or tart, and dessert. 

 Considering that the boarding-rates in no case exceed 2 10s. 

 per week (when I stayed at Carnarvon House the tariff was 

 only 2 2s.), no one has much right to complain. 



Spirits are retailed at sixpence per glass, while the same 

 price is charged for a glass of the ' square gin ' of Schiedam 

 the J.D.K.Z. brand the favourite liquor of all Poly- 

 nesians. Eum is now made in the colony, but little of it is 

 consumed in Levuka. Perhaps it would be better if clarets. 



