334 SAMOAN ISLANDS. 
line, attains its greatest height near the centre of the island. We 
estimated its altitude at six thousand feet. It resembles Mount Kea 
SAVAII, FROM THE EAST-SOUTHEAST.* 
Fig. 2. 
OUTLINE VIEW OF NORTH EXTREMITY, MORE ENLARGED. 
on Hawaii; it is not so pointed at top, yet less flat and rounded than 
Mount Loa of the same island. Like Mount Kea, its sides are rough- 
ened with parasitic cones. From the harbour of Mataautu, I counted 
thirty in the northeast portion of the island. ‘There are some broad 
and deep valleys, the largest of which are on the eastern side of the 
mountain. 
Many of the craters have a very recent appearance, and immense 
beds of lava, of comparatively modern date, may be traced over the 
surface. The rocks resemble those of Upolu, or if different, it is in 
being more cellular and more frequently scoriaceous. ‘T‘he natives 
have traditions of fire issuing from one of the craters, and an extensive 
stream of lava, called the “mu,” is generally spoken of, among them, 
as the effects of a former eruption. My associate, Dr. C. Pickering, 
who was on the island for a few days, makes the following remark in 
his journal: “ Near the northern point of the island, I passed a con- 
siderable tract, where the rock was in great part exposed, and has all 
the appearance of a stream of lava, being furrowed concentrically, and 
otherwise marked like the settling down of a semifluid mass.” 
The reefs of the island are less extensive than those of Upolu, and 
hence show that the volcanoes were active on Savaii to a later 
period. 
The whole island, with few exceptions of barren lava fields, is 
clothed like Upolu, though much less densely, in a wide-spread forest, 
which not only covers the slopes, but envelopes inside and out the 
small parasitic cones. ‘The streams are, however, small, owing to the 
cavernous nature of the rocks. The author had no opportunity for a 
critical examination of the island. 
* In fig. 1, a is the island of Apolima; 6 that of Manono. 
