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lished all the more from recalling to mind the long es- 
tablished connection between cups, slips, and lips. 
After all hands had partaken of refreshment, a num- 
ber of trees were felled in order to gain, if possible, a 
view, the top of Buke Levu being densely wooded. No 
sooner had this been accomplished than, to our joy, the 
clouds which up to this time had been interposed be- 
tween us and the region below, dispersed, disclosing a 
great part of Kadavu and the sea. Our little schooner 
was snugly lying at anchor, flying the British colours ; 
but we listened in vain for the signal guns which the 
men had been directed to fire as soon as they should 
perceive the smoke of our fire, intensified at intervals 
by throwing heaps of green leaves upon it. We after- 
wards learned that it had been found impossible to dis- 
tinguish between smoke and clouds. A large native 
canoe, with its white triangular sail, was seen approaching 
the shore, and the blasts of the conch shells could be 
heard distinctly, though we were nearly 4000 feet high ; 
otherwise there was a deep silence, only occasionally 
broken by the dogs, which have become naturalized 
in these wilds, as the domestic fowls have in other 
parts of the group. The vegetation encountered was si- 
milar to that of Voma Peak in Viti Levu; there were 
the same bright orange-coloured orchids (Dendrobium 
Mohlianum, Reichb. fil.) and the epiphytical ferns, but 
also several new species of plants. The Cinnamomum 
furnishing a superior kind of Cassia-bark was here as 
plentiful as in Great Fiji; a kind of Gummi Guttie 
(Clusia sessilis, Forst.) also engaged our attention. Buke 
Levu is evidently an extinct volcano; and hot springs 
