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A NATURALIST IN THE PACIFIC 



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side, is a convenient starting-point, and half a dozen stout Fijians will 

 not prove too many to assist the climber in the difficult parts of 

 the ascent. Since the top usually becomes clouded as the day 

 progresses, it is best to spend a night in a cave about 1,400 feet 



Profiles of Na Raro. 



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A. Tavia Range (1200 -1500) 



From the south off Kumbulau Point. 



From the north in the Ndreketi Plains. 



From the North-east. 



From the East-south-east. 



above the sea from which the ascent can be made in the early 

 morning. The view from Na Raro is panoramic and extends over 

 a large part of the island from Naivaka to Savu-savu. 



Na Raro rises up to a height of 2,420 feet in the midst of a 

 region of basic rocks. Agglomerates and coarse tuffs formed of 

 aphanitic augite-andesites prevail in the broken country on the 

 north and west sides towards Nareilangi and Ndrawa. Immedi- 

 ately south rises the Tavia Range with its basaltic andesites and 

 overlying palagonite-tuffs ; whilst on the east lies a spur of this 

 range. 



Nareilangi, the village from which the start is made, is about 



