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high-tide. The other issued near by at a temperature of 131 from 

 swampy ground a few paces among the trees. 



17. The Hot Springs of Ndaku-ndaku on the North 

 Coast of Natewa Bay. — At this place about 2 miles north of 

 Vuinandi some hot springs rise through the reef-flat, which are 

 only exposed at low tide. At the time of my visit they were 

 covered over by the rising tide. The natives described them as 

 not very hot and like the neighbouring hot springs of Natuvo. 



18. The Hot Spring of Navakaravi, Natewa Bay. — The 

 coast village thus named lies about one and a half miles north of 

 Were-kamba. The hot spring is about a mile inland and not over 

 30 to 40 feet above the sea. It is reached after traversing a low 

 and often swampy tract. The spring in August, 1899, issued from 

 a little rise at a temperature of 133 Fahr., and formed a rivulet 18 

 inches across. 



19. The Hot Springs of Vunisawana at the head of 

 Natewa Bay. — Mr. Home, who was in this locality in 1878, refers 

 to these springs in his book A Year in Fiji. They had at one 

 time, he remarks, a wide reputation for their curative qualities ; but 

 the people around became so poor on account of the hospitality that 

 custom compelled them to extend to the numerous visitors that 

 they buried up the springs. Mr. Home was shown the site at the 

 bottom of a muddy creek. I saw it in 1898. It lies 300 or 400 

 yards in from the beach and only a few feet above the sea. There 

 were no signs of heat then ; but I was told that when the stream 

 close by is very low it sometimes is a little warm. 



20. The Hot Spring of Ndreke-ni-wai on the South 

 Coast of Natewa Bay. — This small spring issues between the 

 tide-marks from an old reef-patch close to the shore and is only to 

 be seen at low-water. Its temperature in May, 1898, was 

 130 — 135° Fahr. 



21. The Hot Spring of Waikatakata on the South 

 Coast of Natewa Bay. — This important spring lies about four 

 miles east of the town of Natewa. It issues on a hill-slope about 400 

 yards from the beach and is some 25 or 30 feet above the sea ; but it 

 is so beset by undergrowth that the source is not easy to reach. 

 Boulders and blocks of a basaltic rock lie about on the slope ; and 

 it is from under a huge boulder of five or six tons in weight that the 

 spring emerges at a temperature of 148 Fahr. (April, 1898). 

 There is a good volume of water, and a series of bathing pools of 



