CH. XII 



KORO-MBASANGA 



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figure open to the north. The last-named village lies nestled in 

 this great hollow, the floor of which, though not in its lowest part 

 below the level of the Lambasa plains, is not over 200 feet above 

 the sea. However, the facts adduced in the following description 

 of this region do not give much support to this view of its surface- 

 configuration. 



For the convenience of description, I will first describe the 

 peak of Koro-mbasanga, and then the Sokena ridge and, lastly, the 

 Lovo valley that cuts through the range to the eastward. 



Thamleyu fMf Thurston) 3124 ft • 



These three sections form a continuous profile-sketch of the mountainous axis of Vanua 

 Levu for a length of 15 or 16 miles and include the Thambeyu, Koro-mbasanga, and 

 Koro-tini ranges as viewed from the northward near Na Kama. The eastern section 

 is at the top and the western section at the bottom. The summit of Thambeyu was 

 covered with clouds. 



Karo -Mbasanffa. 2637 F* 



Sokena. moft 



Koro-mbasanga from the north-north-east. 



(i) Koro-mbasanga. — The ascent of Koro-mbasanga is best 

 made from Nasawana, a village at its base, elevated rather over 

 200 feet above the sea, and distant about a mile and a half north- 

 east from the peak. On the way to the foot of the mountain we 

 traverse an undulating region of basaltic andesite,^ which is merely 

 the extension to the base of the mountains of the basaltic Lambasa 

 plains. After commencing the ascent of the steep slopes, we find 

 exposed in a stream-course, 'JQO to 800 feet above the sea, a 



^ Referred to genus 13 of the aiigite-andesites. 



