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much resembles one of our local creepers. 

 The former and the latter are ploughed in 

 every year, whilst the sweet potatoes are used 

 for feeding the labourers. 



" After passing through Tenaru we arrived 

 at Lunga, a considerable portion of which is 

 also grass country, and judging from results 

 here as compared with those obtained on bush- 

 felled and coral country, the growth does not 

 compare favourably. The cattle on the latter 

 two estates were grown beasts and in splendid 

 condition. A portion of this latter estate is 

 fourteen years old, and a considerable quantity 

 of copra is shipped from it by every steamer. 



" The next property visited was Kakoon, 

 upon which there were several hundred acres 

 already planted. 



'' The next call was at Mamara, 1 one of 

 the plantations of the Malaita Company ; here 

 we loaded cotton, but, unfortunately, the 

 company being very short handed only a 

 portion of the crop had been picked. The 

 next call was at Tasavarong, another property 

 of the Malaita Company, thence to Dormar, 

 which is certainly the pick of the land. 



" After leaving the Guadalcanar coast the 

 steamer went to the Russell Islands, generally 

 known as Cape Marsh, and looked upon as the 

 pick of the land in the Solomons. The follow- 

 ing morning, after arriving at night, I spent a 



1 Where Mamara cotton, a rival to Caravonica, 

 was originated. H. H. S. 



