INDEX 



387 



326; thickness of, 156; see Globi- 

 gerina deposits and Palasonite- 

 tuffs 



Fossilised trees, 233 



Freeland, Mount, 2, 6, 203-206,269,274 



Gabbros, 180, 182, 184, 2ii, 235; 

 classification of, 239, 240 ; charac- 

 ters, 249, 250 ; see Plutonic rocks 

 Geikie, Sir A., 375 

 Giant sedge ; see Scirpodendron 

 Globigerina deposits, 10, 55, 131, 158, 

 177, 187, 189, 190, 221, 321-326, 344 ; 

 ^ Foraminiferous deposits 

 Globigerina limestone, 319 

 Gold, alluvial, in Vanua Levu, 116 

 Granular pyroxene, the sub-orders 



characterised by, 236, 241, &c. 

 Greenstones ; see Propylites 

 Groundmass, characters of, used in 

 classification, 236-238 



Haig, Major, on magnetic rocks, 363 



Hale Peak, 210, 212 



Hanusz, on floating islands, 226 



Harker, Mr., 362, 367, 379 



Harman's Point, 191 



Hawaii, 2, 38, 85, 363 ; flora of, 379 ; 

 coast springs of, 38 



Hedley, Mr., 376, 380 



Hekla, Mount, 375 



Holmes, Mr., 68 



Hornblende, magmatic paramorphism 

 of, 293, 299, 301, 303 ; process de- 

 scribed, 306 



Hornblende andesites, 91, 184. 193, 

 194,201, 235, 294; see Acid ande- 

 sites and hornblende-hypersthene 

 andesites 



Hornblende-gabbro, 184,249,250 



Hornblende - hypersthene - andesites, 

 240, 298-302 



Home, Mr., 10, 21, 22, 25, 34, 55, 141, 

 143, 194, 195, 203, 225 ; see the 

 preface 



Hornstone, 350 



Hot springs, general description of, 

 21-42; list of, 40; analysis, 28; 

 distribution in Vanua Levu, 36, 138, 

 2 33 



Humboldt, A. von, on magnetic rocks, 

 361, 365 



Hussak, on magmatic paramorphism, 

 308 



Hutton, 380 



Hyalomelan tuffs, 47, 80, no, 333, 334 



Hydrothermal metamorphism ; see 

 Solfataric 



Hypersthene ; see Pyroxene, rhombic 

 Hypersthene-andesites, 294, 296 

 Hypersthene-augite-andesites, 5, 52 

 147,161, 164,168,171, 173-175,178, 

 179, 182, 186, 190, 199,201,203,208, 

 211, 230; classification, 240, 247 

 248 ; characters of the orders and 

 sub-orders, 285-292; relative fre- 

 quency, 235 ; distribution, 374 



Iceland, Vanua Levu compared to, 



374, 375 

 Iddings, Mr., 306 

 Iron ore ; see Limonite 

 Iron sand, magnetic, 83, 106, 357 

 Ironstone gravel, 356 

 Islands, permanence of, 380, 381 



Jackson, Dr. C, T., 28 



Jasper, 13 121, 139, 199, 350, 351, 355 



Jonnston-Lavis, Dr., 347, 375 



Kalakala, Mount, 103, 305 

 Kalikoso District, 10, 15, 224-228 350 



356, 358 

 Kandavu, 293, 306 ; hot springs of, 



22 

 Kavula, 65, 66 

 Kia Island, 2 

 Kioa Island, 2 

 Kiombo Coast, 92 

 Kleinschmidt, 22, 25, 293, 350 

 Koro, significance as a prefix ; see 



Place-Names 

 Koro-i-rea Hill, 7^, jj 

 Korolevu Hill, 45 ; natural section near 



48 

 Korolevu River, 62, 64 

 Koroma, Mount, 3, 51, 285 

 Koro-mbasanga Mountain, 166-169, 



289 ; name wrongly applied in Ad- 

 miralty charts, 5, 172 

 Koro-navuta, 135 

 Koro-ni-valu ; see under Towns 

 Koro- ni-yalewa Mountain, 117 

 Koro-tambu Mountain, 167, 171 

 Koro-tasere, 208 

 Korotini Bluff, 156 

 Korotini Range or Tableland, 5, 153- 



165, 167, 325 

 Koro-utari, 163 

 Koro-wiri, 139 

 Kumbulau Peninsula, 90-95 

 Kurukuru District, 228 



Lambasa coast, 218 

 Lambasa Plains, 138, 351 



