INDEX 



387 



326; thickness of, 156; see Globi- 

 gerina deposits and Palaeonite- 

 tuffs 



Fossilised trees, 233 



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



Gabbros, 180, 182, 184, 211, 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 ; 

 see 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 



Homblende-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 ; hst of, 40 ; analysis, 28 ; 

 distribution in Vanua Levu, 36, 138, 

 233 



Humboldt, A. von, on magnetic rocks, 

 361, 36s 



Hussak, on magmatic paramorphism, 

 308 



Hutton, 380 



Hyalomelan tuff"s, 47, 80, no, 333, 334 



Hydrothermal metamorphism ; see 

 Solfataric 



Hypersthene ; see Pyroxene, rhombic 

 Hypersthene-andesites, 29.'}, 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 



Johnston-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, 75, 77 

 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, 2i8 

 Lambasa Plains, 138, 351 



