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Levu. To the noi'th the terraces of Karoni could also be seen. Passing 

 Fulanga, we thought we could detect the traces of three terraces, with 

 Quoin Hill rising from the remnant of the third terrace. We passed 

 Marambo, where there are indications of three terraces, and Wangava, 

 where the top of the third terrace forms the long slightly dished top of 

 the island, flanked on all sides by two lower terraces. 



While passing through the Fiji Islands we added a number of inter- 

 esting photographs of Suva and of the main island, which had not been 

 successfully taken during our previous visit ; among them a view of the strati- 

 fied soapstone beds, and a general view of the scenery of the soapstone area 

 back of Walu Bay. We also took a number of photographs at the mouth of 

 the Rewa, and a few interesting views in the interior towards the head 

 waters of the Rewa. 



After leaving Suva we passed Nuku Mbasanga on the east. Both the 

 northern and eastern sides were flanked with beach rock and by accumula- 

 tions of coral sand presenting the same appearance as when seen from the 

 west. We passed Ngele Levu and Taulalia near enough to get an excellent 

 view of its peculiar conical erosion. The small canons of the group repre- 

 sent the immense amount of erosion and denudation which have taken place 

 over the old land of Ngele Levu. We steamed past this group on a 

 different side from that we had examined before, but found nothing differ- 

 ent on the north or on the east from what we had observed on our former 

 visit, when leaving the lagoon through the western pass, or skirting the 

 southern shore. 



Fiji Canoe, Suva. 



