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Na Raro (2,420 feet) from the south-west, a peak of acid andesite] p ron t{ s . 

 Ndrandramea (1,800 feet) from the south-east, a peak of acid J- ^i ece 

 andesite rising about a thousand feet from its base .... J 



The Ndrandramea District from the westward 98 



Mount Tavia (2,210 feet) from Vatu Kaisia \ „ 



The magnetic peak of Navuningumu (1,931 feet) from the south J ° 



Mbenutha Cliffs, showing volcanic agglomerates overlying tuffs and clays, 

 containing shells of pteropods and foraminifera, which are raised 



1,100 feet above the sea in 



Duniua Lagoon, representing an old mouth of the Ndreke-ni-wai .... 153 



Lithographs 



Vanua Levu, Fiji Islands 1 



Fiji Islands 373 



Figures 



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Profiles of Vanua Levu as Viewed from the South. Graphically Repre- 

 sented on a Horizontal Scale of about 16 miles to the inch 4 



Korolevu Hill (800 feet) from Wailea Bay 46 



Profile and Geological Section of the western end of Vanua Levu from the 

 Wainunu estuary across the summit of the basaltic mountain of 

 Seatura to the edge of the submarine platform off the Ndama coast 



as limited by the 100-fathom line 62 



Profile, looking north from off the mouth of the Wainunu River .... 83 

 Rough plan of the Ndrandramea district in Vanua Levu ; made with 



prismatic compass and aneroid by H. B. Guppy 99 



Profiles of Ngaingai and Wawa Levu from Nambuna to the south-west. 



Both are dacitic mountains 101 



Profile and Geological Section of Vanua Levu, across the island from the 



Sarawanga (north) coast to the Yanawai (south) coast 107 



Profile-sketch of the Vatu Kaisia district from S.S.E 113 



Section of the Vatu Kaisia district 115 



Profiles of Na Raro 124 



Profile-sketches of the Va-Lili Range 141 



Profile-sketch of the mountainous axis of Vanua Levu 167 



Koro-mbasanga from the north-north-east 167 



Mount Mbatini from the top of Koro-mbasanga 173 



View from Muanaira on the south coast of Natewa Bay 173 



Ideal Section of Thambeyu 177 



Diagram illustrating the two sets of felspar-lathes in a dyke 238 



Magma-lakelet, "25mm. in size, magnified 290 diameters, from a basalt at 



Navingiri . . 339 



Showing fragments of glass with eroded borders and of plagioclase with 



more even edges in a matrix of palagonite traversed by cracks . . . 342 



Diagram showing the succession of deposits below the Nandua tea-estate 345 



