CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON SOME OF THE LEADING PHYSICAL 

 FEATURES OF THE ISLAND 



Its remarkable shape, I.— Its building up, 2. — Study of its profile, 3 — Mount 

 Seatura. — Regions of acid andesites. — Basaltic tablelands. — Great ridge- 

 mountains, 5. — Boundary of the regions of basic and acid rocks, 6. — Its 

 primary features, the dacitic peak, the basaltic plateau, and the ridge- 

 mountain Pagt^ 1—6 



CHAPTER II 



ON THE EVIDENCE OF EMERGENCE OR OF UPHEAVAL AT THE SEA-BORDERS 



Elevated coral reefs scantily represented, 7. — Apparent absence of coral reefs 

 in the early stages of the emergence, 8. — Elevated reefs confined to the 

 coast and its vicinity. — Detailed examination of the sea-borders, 9, — Silici- 

 fied corals and siliceous concretions the only evidence in many localities of 

 the upraised reefs, 13. — The relations of the mangrove-belt to the reef-flat, 

 14. — Indications of a very gradual movement of emergence in our own 

 time, 15. — The rate of advance of the mangroves, 16. — Conclusions, 19. 



Pages 7 — 20 



CHAPTER III 



THE HOT SPRINGS OF VANUA LEVU 



The thermal springs of other parts of the group, 21. — The hot springs of the 

 Wainunu valley, 22. — The boiling springs of Savu-savu, 25. — Analyses of 

 the water, 28. — The hot springs of other localities, 31. — Distribution of the 

 springs, 35. — The algae and siliceous deposits, 37. — The cold and thermal 

 springs of Hawaii and Etna, 38. — Infiltration, the source of the springs, 

 39. —A view negatived by Prof. Suess. — List of the hot springs of Vanua 

 Levu, 40. — Summary of the chapter, 42 Pages 21 — 42 



