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enters into Rock Bay, a small indentation in the line of the coast 

 2 miles beyond the first ; and the third break is within half a mile of 

 Narangi Point and Isle. The shore from Narangi trends for one 

 mile due north, and then west 3 miles to the town of Lotu ; this town 

 is situated on a bay formed by the small peninsula of Lamouka, which 

 here projects a mile to the eastward, and is half a mile in width. 

 Opposite the peninsula there is a small passage through the reef. 

 Between Narangi and the point, the course of the reef is almost a 

 straight line ; on this reef near the peninsula are two small islets ; 

 between the most western and Lamouka Point is the passage into 

 Lotu Bay. Lotu Bay will accommodate small vessels and boats, but 

 from its narrow opening through the reef and its length, it is 

 extremely difficult to get in or out, except with a fair wind. Passing 

 round the Peninsula of Lamouka, the coast forms a bay to Green's 

 Point, distant 2 miles ; here is situated the town of Wanaba. The situa- 

 tion of it and Lotu may be known by a conspicuous peak, which lies 

 just in the rear of them to the north. The reef in front of Wanaba 

 trends in an east and west line, and off Green's Point is merely a 

 shore-reef of a few hundred feet wide ; it continues, following the trend 

 of the coast for the next 2 miles, to Kea Point, and as far as Kotuku 

 Point and Isle. Here it again turns with the line of the coast, 

 stretching to the northward 2 miles, forming Nukobalab Bay, at the 

 bottom of which, near a small islet, there is a boat-entrance to the 

 shore. On the west side of the bay the coral reef is a mile wide, and 

 follows the trend of the land, sweeping round almost parallel with it, 

 to the entrance into the great Bay of Savu-savu. The town of Nuko- 

 balab is situated on the west side of the bay. Off Hupo Point (the 

 eastern point of Savu-savu Bay), lie the two Main Islets, situated 

 upon the reef ; it is bare at half tide around them ; the reef is very 

 extensive, projecting a mile to the westward, and affording much pro- 

 tection to the Bay of Savu-savu. 



The Bay of Savu-savu is a fine sheet of deep water, ten miles in 

 width from Hupo Point to that of Kombelau, and seven miles deep. 

 The reef extends, with the exception of a mile, entirely across the 

 mouth of the bay. From Hupo Point its shores have a trend north- 

 east seven miles ; the bay then makes a sweep round to the north and 

 west until it joins Kombelau Point, which bears from Hupo south- 

 west-by-west. The bay is surrounded by very high and broken land, 

 rising in many places in lofty needle-shaped peaks. Hupo Point is 

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