386 



INDEX 



Basalts, grey olivine, 65-67, 73-75, 77, 



89, 253-255, 257, 261, 263 

 Basalts, highly basic, 258 

 Basalts, of Acicastello, 347 ; of Mbua 



and Ndama plains, 58, 134, 262, 



278; of Ndreketi plains, 133, 134; 



of Sarawanga plains, 129, 134, 262 ; 



of Savu-savu peninsula, 190, 288; 



of Seatura, 63-72, 85 ; of Solevu 



Ba y> 75-77 ; of Wainunu, 85 ; of 



Ulu-i-ndali, 89 

 Basalts associated with palagonite, 



347 

 Basic glass, 312, 338 ; see Pitchstone, 



Crush-tuffs, Hyalomelan-tuffs 

 Bastite, 182, 297 

 Baur, Mr., 380 

 Blyth, Mr., 123 

 Brady, Mr. H. B., 322, 376 

 Breccias ; see Volcanic agglomerates 

 Bronzite, 1S2 

 Bromlow, Dr., 29 

 Biichner, Dr. Max, 22 

 Bulling, Mr , 32, 36, 232 

 Bunsen, on palagonite, 343, 344 



Carbonate of iron, concretions of, 

 22 7, 351,356 



Carcharodon, 376 



Chalcedony, 13, 138, 162, 183, 199, 

 226-228, 350-355 ; see Agate, Onyx, 

 Flints 



Chalmers, Mr., 233 



Charts, old and new compared, 18, 19 



Chert, 355 



Classification of volcanic rocks, 235 



Coleoptera of Fiji, 377 



Columnar structure ; see Basalt, Acid 

 andesite, Dacite, Oligoclase-trachyte 



Combe, Commander, 15 



Cooper, Mr. H. S., 29 



Coral reefs, upheaved, 7-12, 189, 200, 

 201,318 ; their absence in the higher 

 levels, 7, 8, 12, 19, 375 



Craters, traces of, 44, 52, 67, 80, 166, 

 186, 192, 195, 202 



Crush-tuffs, 55, 94, 149, 157, 341 ; 

 general description, 334 ; see below 



Crushing of basic glass ; in veins, 340, 

 341 ; on surface of a submarine 

 flow , 93, 33 y ; in matrix of pitch- 

 stone-agglomerate and in rubbly 

 pitchstone, 94, 142, 145, 157, 313; 

 its connection with palagonite, 93, 

 339, 340-342, 346 



Cumming, Miss Gordon, 22, 25, 29 



Dacites, 3, 5, 100, 108, 235, 294, 304 ; 

 columnar, 101, 102 ; definition of 



the term, 295 ; classification and 

 characters, 240, 302 ; see Acid ande- 

 sites 



Dall, Dr., 376 



Dana, Prof., 3, 10, 11, 16, 21, 26, 72, 

 84, 129, 135, 2 1 8, 309. 363 



Darwin, Mr., on barrier-reefs, 373 



Datum-mark, 195 



David, Prof., 376 



Deep-sea deposits, 2,37 



Delanasau, 68 



Dillon's Rock, 45 



Diorite, 182, 193, 235, 249, 251 



Doelter, on hornblende paramorphism, 

 308 



Doleritic, use and definition of the 

 term, 236, 238, 259, 274 



Dolomite, 7 



Drayton, peak ; see Mariko 



Dykes, 51,54,63,68-72, 78, 81, 142, 

 144, 148, 155, 156, 163, 164, 170, 171, 

 184, 199, 202, 209, 216, 220, 233, 234, 

 267, 268, 270, 277, 280, 282 ; their 

 two sets of felspar-lathes, 238 



Eakle, Mr., 293, 294 



Earthquakes, 37 



Emergence of Vanua Levu, 1, 7-20, 

 321, 376-379 ; age of, 376 



Etna, mount, coast springs of, 39 ; 

 dykes in Valle del Bove, 237 ; mag- 

 netic bomb, 364 



Fairmaire, M., 277 



Faro, island, Solomon Group, 2 



Fawn, harbour, 9, 200, 318 



Felsitic andesites, 106, 108, 295, 300 ; 

 see Acid andesites and Dacites 



Felsitic groundmass, as employed in 

 classification, 236, 239, 240, 249 



Felsitic orders, 249, 291, 297, 300, 302 



Felspar-lathes in classification, 236, 

 241 



Fern, tree, silicified caudex of, 360 



Fish-scales, fossil, 154 



Flints, 13, 81, 83, 138, 139, 222, 226, 

 350-360 



Floating islands, 225 



Floras of Fiji, Hawaii, and Tonga, 379 



Flow-arrangement in classification, 

 236-238 



Folgheraiter, Dr., 362, 365 



Foraminiferal limestones, 130-132, 

 202, 318 



Foraminiferous deposits (tuffs, muds, 

 clays), 96, 109, 130, 134, 136, 139, 

 149, 154, 161, 170, 198, 205; de- 

 scription of, 321-333 ; altered, 324- 



