INDEX

Note.—It has been deemed best to follow the example of the Admiralty surveys in the spelling of native names. In this book, therefore—

Mb = the Fijian B

Th = the Fijian C

ND = the Fijian D

NG = the Fijian G and Q

Abbreviations, for rock descriptions, 236

Acicastello, Sicily, basalt and palagonite, 347

Acid and basic rocks, regions of, 219, 374

Agassiz, Prof. A., 294, 373, 376, 377

Agates, 138, 139, 227, 353, 354

Agglomerates; see Volcanic agglomerates

Algæ in hot springs, 24, 25, 33, 38

Alps, magnetic rocks of the, 362, 363

Altered rocks; see Propylites, etc.

Andesites, acid, 98-108, 112, 123-127, 193, 194; relative frequency of, 235; classification of, 293-306; distribution of, 374; peaks in basaltic flows, 104, 115, 116, 374; altered, 105, 297; columnar, 102, 104; pre-basaltic, 375

Andrews, Mr. E. C., 7, 22, 294, 350, 378

Artesian reservoirs, 39

Augite, crystals of, in tuffs, 45, 182, 193

Augite-andesites, 51, 162, 199, 204, 209, 232, 235, 294, etc.; classification of, 239, 245, 246, 266-284; distribution of, 374; aphanitic, 117-120, 125, 162, 168, 279; relative frequency of, 235; see Basaltic andesites

Avuka, range, 179

Axes, stone, structure of, 383

Bare-poll, peak, near Soni-soni, 93

Barrack, Mr. A. H., 27, 123

Barrack, Mr. Alex., 364

Barratt, Mr., 68

Barrier-reef, great, of Fiji; see under Submarine plateau

^[169]Basaltic andesites, 47, 56, 64, 75, 108, 123, 137, 147, 148, 160, 164, 190, 204, 206, 208, 288; classification of, 239, 266, 278; distribution of, 374

Basaltic rocks, extensive disintegration of, 57, 64, 72, 129

Basaltic flows surrounding hills of acid andesite, 104, 115, 116, 374

Basaltic plains and plateaux, 6, 55, 62, 82, 107, 128-135, 373

Basaltic submarine flows, 338, 342, 344, 346, 347, 372, 375; see under Submarine plateau and Basaltic plains

Basalts, columnar, 3, 63, 78, 83, 84, 85, 123, 129, 133, 147, 170, 173, 203, 260, 284

Basalts, ophitic, 50, 74, 114, 133, 137, 138, 155, 159, 162, 191, 204, 213, 252, 256, 347; the ophitic habit, 237, 238; ophitic sub-orders, 236, 241-245; ophitic genera, 256, 262, 272-276, 283

Basalts, olivine, relation of black and grey, 89, 90; classification of, 239, 241-244, 252-265; relative frequency of, 235; distribution of, 374

Basalts, grey olivine, 65-67, 73-75, 77, 89, 253-255, 257, 261, 263

Basalts, highly basic, 258

Basalts, of Acicastello, 347; of Mbua and Ndama plains, 58, 134, 262, 278; of Ndreketi plains, 133, 134; of Sarawanga plains, 129, 134, 262; of Savu-savu peninsula, 190, 288; of Seatura, 63-72, 85; of Solevu Bay, 75-77; of Wainunu, 85; of Ulu-i-ndali, 89

Basalts associated with palagonite, 347

Basic glass, 312, 338; see Pitchstone, Crush-tuffs, Hyalomelan-tuffs

Bastite, 182, 297

Baur, Mr., 380

Blyth, Mr., 123

Brady, Mr. H. B., 322, 376

Breccias; see Volcanic agglomerates

Bronzite, 182

Bromlow, Dr., 29

Büchner, Dr. Max, 22

Bulling, Mr., 32, 36, 232

Bunsen, on palagonite, 343, 344

Carbonate of iron, concretions of, 227, 351, 356

Carcharodon, 376

Chalcedony, 13, 138, 162, 183, 199, 226-22, 350-355; see Agate, Onyx, Flints

Chalmers, Mr., 233

Charts, old and new compared, 18, 19

Chert, 355

Classification of volcanic rocks, 235

Coleoptera of Fiji, 377

Columnar structure; see Basalt, Acid andesite, Dacite, Oligoclase-trachyte

Combe, Commander, 15

Cooper, Mr. H. S., 29

Coral reefs, upheaved, 7-12, 189, 200, 201, 318; their absence in the higher levels, 7, 8, 12, 19, 375

Craters, traces of, 44, 52, 67, 80, 166, 186, 192, 195, 202

Crush-tuffs, 55, 94, 149, 157, 341; general description, 334; see below

Crushing of basic glass; in veins, 340, 341; on surface of a submarine flow, 93, 338; in matrix of pitchstone-agglomerate and in rubbly pitchstone, 94, 142, 145, 157, 313; its connection with palagonite, 93, 339, 340-342, 346

Cumming, Miss Gordon, 22, 25, 29

Dacites, 3, 5, 100, 108, 235, 294, 304; columnar, 101, 102; definition of the term, 295; classification and characters, 240, 302; see Acid andesites

Dall, Dr., 376

Dana, Prof., 3, 10, 11, 16, 21, 26, 72, 84, 129, 135, 218, 309, 363

Darwin, Mr., on barrier-reefs, 373

Datum-mark, 195

David, Prof., 376

Deep-sea deposits, 337

Delanasau, 68

Dillon’s Rock, 45

Diorite, 182, 193, 235, 249, 251

Doelter, on hornblende paramorphism, 308

Doleritic, use and definition of the term, 236, 238, 259, 274

Dolomite, 7

Drayton, peak; see Mariko

Dykes, 51, 54, 63, 68-72, 78, 81, 142, 144, 148, 155, 156, 163, 164, 170, 171, 184, 199, 202, 209, 216, 220, 233, 234, 267, 268, 270, 277, 280, 282; their two sets of felspar-lathes, 238

Eakle, Mr., 293, 294

Earthquakes, 37

Emergence of Vanua Levu, 1, 7-20, 321, 376-379; age of, 376

Etna, mount, coast springs of, 39; dykes in Valle del Bove, 237; magnetic bomb, 364

Fairmaire, M., 377

Faro, island, Solomon Group, 2

Fawn, harbour, 9, 200, 318

Felsitic andesites, 106, 108, 295, 300; see Acid andesites and Dacites

Felsitic groundmass, as employed in classification, 236, 239, 240, 249

Felsitic orders, 249, 291, 297, 300, 302

Felspar-lathes in classification, 236, 241

Fern, tree, silicified caudex of, 360

Fish-scales, fossil, 154

Flints, 13, 81, 83, 138, 139, 222, 226, 350-360

Floating islands, 225

Floras of Fiji, Hawaii, and Tonga, 379

Flow-arrangement in classification, 236-238

Folgheraiter, Dr., 362, 365

Foraminiferal limestones, 130-132, 202, 318

Foraminiferous deposits (tuffs, muds, clays), 96, 109, 130, 134, 136, 139, 149, 154, 161, 170, 198, 205; description of, 321-333; altered, 324-326; thickness of, 156; see Globigerina deposits and Palagonite-tuffs

Fossilised trees, 233

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

Gabbros, 180, 182, 184, 211, 235; classification of, 239, 240; characters, 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 described, 306

Hornblende-andesites, 91, 184, 193, 194, 201, 235, 294; see Acid andesites and hornblende-hypersthene andesites

Hornblende-gabbro, 184, 249, 250

Hornblende-hypersthene-andesites, 240, 298-302

Horne, 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; list of, 40; analysis, 28; distribution in Vanua Levu, 36, 138, 233

Humboldt, A. von, on magnetic rocks, 361, 365

Hussak, on magmatic paramorphism, 308

Hutton, 380

Hyalomelan tuffs, 47, 80, 110, 333, 334

Hydrothermal metamorphism; see Solfataric

Hypersthene; see Pyroxene, rhombic

Hypersthene-andesites, 294, 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 frequency, 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 Admiralty charts, 5, 172

Koro-navuta, 135

Koro-ni-valu; see under Towns

Koro-ni-yalewa Mountain, 117

Koro-tambu Mountain, 167, 171

Korotasere, 208

Korotini Bluff, 156

Korotini Range or Tableland, 5, 153-165, 167, 325

Koro-utari, 163

Koro-wiri, 139

Kumbulau Peninsula, 90-95

Kuru-kuru District, 228

Lambasa coast, 218

Lambasa Plains, 138, 351

Lambasa River, 15, 138

Landslips, effects of, 111, 178, 327

Langa-langa River, 220, 225

Lango-lango River, 122

Lau Group, 7, 294, 378

Lava-flows, indications of sub-aerial, 52, 71, 119, 133, 152, 187, 190, 213, 232

Lea District, 199

Lekumbi Point, 12, 19, 60

Lekutu District, coast of, 11, 50, 273; plains, 128, 351, 353, 356; promontory, 16, 18; river, 18, 62, 65

Limestones, recrystallisation of, 131; coral, 318; see Foraminiferal limestones

Limonite, deposits of, 56, 132, 138, 226, 228, 351, 352, 356, 359

Lister, Mr., 378

Liversidge, Prof., 29

Liwa-liwa, 119

Loma-loma Ridge, 141

Lovo Valley, 169-173

Lovutu, 156

Macdonald, Dr., 21

Magma lakelets, 47, 71, 92, 273, 276, 277; description of, 339-342, 346, 347

Magmatic paramorphism; see Hornblende

Magnetic iron sand, 83, 106, 357

Magnetic peaks and rocks, 77, 108, 174, 186, 361-371

Mako-mako Hill, 103

Mali Island, 2, 218

Mali Point, 218

Malolo Island, 294

Mangrove belt, bare tracts in, 11, 14; relation to reef-flat, 13; rate of growth, 15, 19

Mangrove islands, growth of, 16, 17

Mariko, range and peak of, 5, 173, 185-189, 289, 368

Martin, Prof., of Leyden, 376

Masusu District, 84

Mauna Kea, 2

Mauna Loa, 2, 3, 363

Mauritius, magnetic rocks of, 363

Mbale-mbale District, 143, 313; river, 150

Mbatini Mountain, 5, 166, 172-174, 367

Mbati-ni-kama, hot springs of, 33

Mbatiri, 134, 324

Mbenutha Cliffs, 109-111, 323

Mbona-lailai Mountain, 101

Mbua District, 3, 36, 37, 47; bay, 18; coast, 12

Mbua and Ndama Plains, 55-58, 356

Mbua-Lekutu Divide, 55, 297

Mbua shell-bed, 12, 58

Mbuthai-sau Valley, 218, 219

Mbutu-mbutu River, 79, 279

Middle Point, 137

Mountain ridges and their structure; see under Ridge-mountains

Mountain-towns; see Towns

Muanaira, 198

Mumu Peak, 108-110

Murray, Sir J., 337, 373

Naikovu Rock, 364

Nailotha Mountain, 6, 214-216, 310

Naindi Bay, 8, 189, 191, 195, 318

Naindi Gap, 189, 192

Naithekoro, 190

Naithombothombo, point, 54; range, 229

Naivaka, 2, 3, 11, 18, 43-45, 261

Na-kalou, 133

Na Kama, Savu-savu, 25; Lambasa, 32

Nakambuta District, 148-150

Nakarambo, 208

Na Kula, valley, 184; range, 230

Nambuna District, 106

Nambuni Spur, 144

Nambuonu, hot springs, 32

Nandi Bay, 78

Nandi Gorge, 69, 78, 278

Nandongo, island, 16, 17; town, 216; hot springs, 33

Nandronandranu district, 117-121

Nandroro District, 66

Nandua District, 86, 320, 344

Nanduri District, 11, 14, 135, 136

Nangara-ravi Cave, 141

Nangara-vutu, 205

Nangorongoro Peak; see Ngaingai

Na Raro Gap, 127

Na Raro Mountain, 2, 5, 123-127, 296, 301, 305

Narawai District, 66

Nareilangi, 124

Narengali District, 140, 147, 149

Narikosa Point, 220

Na Salia, 151

Na Savu, tableland, 79-81; falls, 79, 279

Na Seyanga, 108

Na Sinu, 146

Na Suva Range, 64

Na Suva-suva Hill, 192, 369

Natasa Bay, 209

Natewa Bay, north-coast, 9, 208, 209, 291

Natewa Peninsula, 6, 9, 197-206

Nativi, 50

Natoarau, hot springs, 23; river, 158

Na Tokalau, 91

Natoto Hill, 229

Natua District, 134, 149, 323

Natuvo or Natuvu, hot springs, 33, 209

Naumann on polaric lavas, 364

Navakaravi Hot Springs, 34

Navakavura, 96

Na Vatu Islet, 94

Navetau, 205

Naviavia Islet, 8

Navingiri, 46

Navuni, 202; hot springs, 35

Navuningumu, 108-112, 303, 368

Nawavi, range, 135; hot springs near, 31

Nawi or Na Wi, island, 26, 192; hamlet, 211

Ndaku-ndaku, bay, 208; hot springs, 34

Ndama, river and valley, 62, 67, 68, 71; plains, 55-58

Ndavutu, district and river, 87; for hot springs; see Wainunu

Ndawathumi, 64, 80

Ndevo district, 205; hot springs, 35

Ndoendamu Mountain, 209, 212

Ndrandramea, district, 2, 3, 83, 296; map, 99; description, 98-112

Ndrandramea Mount, 102, 296, 300, 304, 368

Ndranimako, 96, 322, 351

Ndrawa, district, 120, 281; river, 118, 120

Ndreke-ni-wai, Natewa Bay, 200, 203; hot springs, 34

Ndreke-ni-wai, Savu-savu Bay, 150, 152

Ndreketi, river, 15, 128, 132, 383; plains, 132, 273, 351

Ndriti Basin, 67-72, 268, 270, 282

Ndrukau Mountain, 213

New Hebrides, 1

Ngaingai Mountain, 100, 296, 302, 304, 368

Ngala Mountain; see Freeland

Ngalau-levu Range, 6, 199, 200, 370

Ngangaturuturu Cliffs, 119

Ngau Island, hot springs of, 22

Ngawa River, 138

Ngelemumu, 180, 219

Ngone Hill, 183

Nukumbolo, district, 151, 161, 162; hot springs, 24

Nukunase or Nuku-ngase, 50, 270

Nukumbalavu, 190

Nuku-ndamu, 232

Numbu, 227

Numbu-ni-a-vula, 176

Oddone on magnetic rocks, 362

Oligoclase-trachytes, 6, 207, 219, 229; description of, 308; distribution, 374; altered, 214-216; columnar, 215, 220, 230, 231, 233

Olivine rocks, classification of, 239

Olivine-basalts; see Basalts, olivine

Ono Island, hot springs, 22; acid andesite, 293; flints, 350

Onyx, 139, 227, 228, 353

Opal, 162, 163, 183, 351, 353

Ophitic basalts, their relation to palagonite, 347

Ophitic structure, as used in classification, 236, 237, 238

Ophitic sub-orders and genera, synopsis of, 241-248; description of, 256, 272-276, 283

Orthophyric groundmass, as used in classification, 236, 237, 239, 240

Orthophyric orders and genera, 248, 290, 296, 297, 299

Ovalau, 294, 350

Palagonite, chapter on, 337-349; see also Palagonite-tuffs, Crush-tuffs, Crushing of basic glass, Pitchstone &c.

Palagonite of Acicastello, 347

Palagonite tuffs, classification and characters, 317-336; zeolitic, 334; marls, 335, 344; modes of occurrence, 5, 48, 53, 80, 81, 95, 96, 117, 118-122, 130, 131, 141, 143, 145, 148, 156-161, 169, 177, 193, 198, 202, 213

Palagonite, hydration and degradation of, 329, 348

Phenocrysts, their use in classification, 236

Pickering, Mr., 35

Pieper, Dr. O., 28

Pilsbry, Dr., 380

Pitchstone agglomerates and rubbly pitchstones, petrological characters, 312, 313; evidence of crushing and its connection with palagonite, 92-94, 142, 145, 157, 312, 313, 334, 340-342, 346 (see Palagonite, Crush-tuffs, Crushing of basic glass); mode of occurrence, 105, 108, 142, 157, 169, 229, 230, 309

^[170]Place-names, meaning of Fijian, 75, 79, 102, 119, 151, 172

Platania, Prof., 119, 347

Plutonic rocks, general description, 249-251; relative frequency, 235; distribution, 249, 374; mode of occurrence, 180, 182, 184, 185, 193, 211

Polarity of magnetic rocks, 366-370

Porphyrites, 136, 175, 181, 197, 199, 204, 211, 261, 268, 274, 299; belong to many orders, 236

Prismatic pyroxene of groundmass, its use in classification, 236, 241-248; sub-orders and genera, 265, 270-272, 283, 287, 289, 298, 300, 302

Profiles of Vanua Levu, 3-6, 62, 83, 107, 113, 153, 167, 173

Propylites, 68-72, 106, 147, 162, 181, 191, 199, 204, 214, 215, 268-270, 282, 297; origin of, 69, 72, 191

Pteropod-ooze deposits, description of, 320; mode of occurrence, 84, 86, 109, 139, 201, 205, 344

Pumice-tuffs, acid, 6, 207, 218-223, 229-233; general description, 336; special descriptions, 218, 220, 231

Pumice-tuffs, basic, 119, 333; see Hyalomelan-tuffs

Pyroxene of groundmass, as a basis of classification, 236; see Granular pyroxene, Prismatic pyroxene, Ophitic structure, and Synopsis

Pyroxene, rhombic, characters of, 285, 306; intergrowths with monoclinic, 266, 306

Pyroxene, derivation from hornblende, 306

Quartz, crystals of, 106, 191, 354; veins of, 106, 116

Quartz-andesites; see Dacites

Quartz-porphyries, mode of occurrence, 215, 219, 220, 226, 227, 229-233; relative frequency, 235; general description, 309-311; distribution, 6, 207, 374

Quartz-rock, 139, 351, 354

Rainfall, 30, 68, 120

Rambi, island, 2; hot springs, 22

Ravi-koro mountain, 159

Ravi-ravi, 94

Ravuka, 120; hot spring, 31

Renard, Prof., 293, 306, 338, 344

Rewa District in Vanua Levu, 95, 96

Rewa River, Viti Levu, changes at mouth, 16

Rhyolites, 209; see Quartz-porphyries

Rhyolite-glass, 220, 311

Rhyolitic-tuffs; see Pumice-tuffs, acid

Ridge-mountains, their general appearance, 2, 6, 146, 153, 185, 210, 374; their structure and mode of origin, 75, 145, 156, 165, 166, 171, 172, 177-180, 182, 188, 202, 210-212, 216, 234; final conclusion, 375

Rivers; see under Ndreketi, Lambasa Sarawanga, Wainikoro, &c.

Rivers, eroding power of, 62

Rocholl, Mr. H., 29

Rosenbusch, Prof., 306, 344

Ruku-ruku Bay, 53, 269

Salt Lake District, 2, 6, 9, 192-196

Sarawanga Plains, 15, 129-132, 351, 356

Sarawanga River, 15, 62, 129-131

Satulaki, 176, 268

Savarekareka Bay, 190, 326

Savulu, 118

Savu-riti Mountain, 210, 212

Savu-savu Hot Springs, 21, 25-30, 189

Savu-savu Peninsula, 189-192, 288

Sawa-ndrondro, 185

Scirpodendron costatum (Giant Sedge), 79, 83

Scoriaceous lava; see Lava flows

Sealevu District, 146, 155, 156

Sealevu Divide, 136

Seatovo Range, 73-75

Seatura, mountain, 2, 3, 56, 253, 261, 374; general description of, 61-72; old town of, 67

Sections across Vanua Levu, 62, 107; see also Profiles

Seemann, Dr., 55

Sella, on magnetic rocks, 362

Semi-opal, 351, 353

Sesaleka Mountain, 3, 12, 53

Siliceous concretions, 81, 83, 96, 132, 135, 351-355

Siliceous rock, blocks of, 126, 355

Siliceous sinter, 24, 25, 32, 33, 37, 42

Silicification, conditions of, 358

Silicified corals, 10, 13, 81, 132, 135, 138, 139, 207, 221, 226-228; theory of their origin, 228, 357; general account of, 350-360

Silicified fern rhizome, 360

Silicified nullipores, 353, 354

Singa-singa, 110

Singatoka River, Viti Levu, 7

Skinner, Mr. S., 367

Skye, Isle of, magnetic rocks, 362

Smallwood, Mr., 196

Smythe, Colonel, 22, 195

Soapstones; see Foraminiferous deposits

Sokena Ridge, 167, 169, 172

Solevu Bay, 75-78, 253

Solfataric action on rocks, 52, 69, 72, 191

Soloa-levu Mountain, 103-105, 115, 296, 305, 312, 374

Solomon Islands, 1, 2, 294, 359

Songombiau, 220

Soni-soni Island, 93, 94

Soro-levu Mountain, 172-174

Spence, Mr. F., 193

Spheroidal weathering in basalts, 57, 129

Stromboli, 214, 315

Submarine basaltic flows and eruptions; see Basaltic submarine flows

Submarine plateau or platform of Fiji, 15, 18, 19, 56, 62, 72, 107, 372; different explanations of, 373

Submarine tuffs, 326-336

Sueni District, 163

Suess, Prof., on thermal springs, 39; on changes in the sea-level, 20, 377

Suva soapstone, 322, 376

Synopsis of classification of volcanic rocks, 239-249

Tachylyte or basic glass, 312, 337, 341, 343; see Basic glass, Pitchstone, Hyalomelan, &c.

Tahiti, 3, 72, 84, 363

Talasinga Districts, 55, 57, 64, 128, 132, 133, 224, 352, 383

Tambia, district, 137; hot springs, 32

Tambu-lotu District, 104, 105

Tathelevu, 198

Tavia, mountain, 121; ranges, 121-123

Tavua, 65

Tawaki District, 209, 229, 230

Tembe, 213, 214

Tembe-ni-ndio District, 130, 131, 319

Tenison-Woods, Rev., 376

Thambeyu, mountain, 5, 167, 289, 315, 326; description of, 176-179

Thawaro Peak, 230

Thermal springs; see Hot springs

Thiele, Mr., 21

Thoka-singa Mountain, 103, 249, 302, 305

Thombo-thombo; see Naithombothombo

Thomson, Mr. J. P., 31, 135, 210, 225

Thongea, hot springs, 22; basalt, 85

Thoroddsen, on Hekla, 375

Thuku, Mount, 6, 231, 308-310

Thulanga; see Uthulanga

Thurston Range, 5, 167, 176; see Thambeyu

Tonga Group, 1, 378, 379

Tongalevu District, 62, 64, 279

Towns, old sites of mountain, 53, 67, 101, 102, 108, 156, 170

Trachytes; see Oligoclase-trachytes

Tuffs, chapter on, 317-336; foraminiferous, 326-333; altered, 184, 187, 190, 332; dacitic, 125, 126; see Pumice tuffs, acid and basic; Hyalomelan tuffs; Palagonite tuffs; Crush tuffs; mode of occurrence, 48, 90, 109, 119, 130, 156, 160, 177, 190, 205, 209, 215

Tunuloa District, 205

Tutu Island, 221

Ulu-i-matua, 75, 76

Ulu-i-mbau, 138, 139

Ulu-i-ndali, 3, 83, 87-90, 253, 370

Ulu-i-sori, 136

Underwood, Lieut., 364

Undu, district and promontory, 6, 10, 36, 228-234, 311, 360

Upheaval; see Emergence

Urata, 184, 298

Uthulanga Ridge, 211, 286 (also named Thulanga)

Vakalalatha Lake, 15, 225

Valanga Range, 181-185

Valavala Bay, 203

Valeni, 122

Va Lili, 5, 140-146

Valleys, origin of, 2, 146, 151, 219

Vandrani, district, 139, 159; hot springs, 32

Vanua Mbalavu, hot springs, 22

Variolite, 150, 283, 313

Vatui, 54, 369

Vatu Kaisia, 5, 113-116, 296, 301, 305, 374, 375

Vatu-karoa, 209, 282

Vatu-karokaro, 54

Vatu-kawa, river, 151; district, 160

Vatu-kerimasi, 101

Vatu-lele Bay, 184

Vatu-levoni, 139

Vatuloaloa Hot Springs, 31

Vatu Mata, 103

Vatu-ndamu, 91

Vatu-tangiri, 136, 144

Vatu Vanaya, 101

Vatu Vono Point, 88, 89

Vatu-vono District, 121, 122

Viene District, 198

Visongo District, 221

Viti Levu, 7, 18, 350, 364, 372

Vitina, 223

Volcanic agglomerates, general description of, 314-316; their thickness, 110, 156, 171, 178, 315; mode of occurrence, 5, 79, 91, 110, 112, 117, 141, 143, 144, 149, 155, 156, 161, 169-172, 176-179, 188, 193, 213, 214; lying above submarine deposits usually palagonitic and often foraminiferous, 110, 141, 143, 149, 168, 169-171, 176-179, 188, 213, 214; see Pitchstone-agglomerates and Landslips

Volcanic bomb-formation, 46-48

Volcanic mud deposits; see Foraminiferous deposits

Volcanic necks, 54, 58, 90, 93, 95, 112, 183, 192, 230, 234, 253, 277, 283, 286, 375

Volcanic rocks, classification of, 235; distribution of, 374

Vuinandi Bay, 208

Vuinandi Gap, 175

Vuinasanga, district, 145; hot springs, 31

Vui-na-savu, river and district, 222, 223, 225

Vula Votu Peak, 176

Vungalei Mountain, 212, 213, 315

Vuni-ika Bay, 218

Vunikondi, 232, 233, 282

Vunimbele, 139; hot springs, 33

Vunimbua, district and river, 182, 183

Vunimoli, hot springs and district, 33, 138, 139

Vunisawana, district, 194; hot springs, 34

Vuni-tangaloa, 194

Vunivuvundi District, 87

Waikatakata, Natewa Bay, hot spring and district, 34, 203, 275

Waikawa Mountains, 201, 319

Wailea, bay and district, 46, 50

Wailevu River, 15, 138

Wai Mbasanga, Viti Levu, hot springs, 21

Waimotu District, 208

Wai Ndina, Viti Levu, hot springs, 21

Wainikoro, district, 217, 224-228, 356; coast, 219, 308, 310; river, 225

Wai-ni-ngio River, 151, 160

Wainunu, hot springs, 22; rainfall 68; river and valley, 62, 82, 83

Wainunu, plateau or tableland, 3, 82-87, 373; see figures on pages 83, 107

Waisali District, 146, 151

Waisali Saddle, 146-148

Waiwai, 143-145

Waterfalls, 79, 141, 163

Wawa Levu Mountain, 101, 302, 304

Weed, Mr., on the origin of siliceous sinter, 38

Wichmann, Dr. A., on a continental condition of the Fiji Islands, 376; on hyalomelan tuff, 334; on flints and silicified corals, 350, 352, 360; on Kandavu andesites, 293; on the absence of quartz-andesites in the South Seas, 294, 309; see the preface

Wilkes, Commodore, 11, 15, 19, 25, 363, etc.

Wittstock, Mr., 36, 47, 53

Yanawai coast, 95-97, 122

Yanawai, river and valley, 113-116, 121

Yanganga Islands, 2

Yanutha Point, 123, 284

Yaroi, 189, 325

Yasawa Group, 294

Zeolites, formation of, in palagonite, 338

Zeolitic palagonite-tuffs, 334

Zirkel, on intergrowths of rhombic pyroxene, 306; on palagonite, 343; on magnetic rocks, 361

THE END

R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD., BREAD ST. HILL E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

Transcriber's Note

There is some inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in this book which has not been normalized.

Some corrections have been made to the text. In particular, punctuation was corrected. Additionally, the following changes have been made:

p. 10 beween -> between

p. 75 ·15 m. long -> ·15 mm. long

p. 114 ts -> its

p. 208 aud -> and

p. 244 Pyroxyene -> Pyroxene

p. 270 adoped -> adopted

p. 345 tea-estat -> tea-estate