Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899, Volume 1 / Vanua Levu, Fiji

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PREFACE

LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES QUOTED IN THIS BOOK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTORY REMARKS ON SOME OF THE LEADING PHYSICAL FEATURES OF THE ISLAND

CHAPTER II. ON THE EVIDENCE OF EMERGENCE OR OF UPHEAVAL AT THE SEA-BORDERS.

CHAPTER III THE HOT SPRINGS OF VANUA LEVU

CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES OF VANUA LEVU.

CHAPTER V DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER VI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER VII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER VIII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER IX DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER X DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XIII DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XIV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XV DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL FEATURES ( continued )

CHAPTER XVI DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL AND GENERAL PHYSICAL

CHAPTER XVII THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU

CHAPTER XVIII THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued )

CHAPTER XIX THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued )

CHAPTER XX THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued )

CHAPTER XXI THE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF VANUA LEVU ( continued )

CHAPTER XXII Basic Glasses and Volcanic Agglomerates

CHAPTER XXIII CALCAREOUS FORMATIONS, VOLCANIC MUDS, PALAGONITE-TUFFS

CHAPTER XXIV PALAGONITE

CHAPTER XXV SILICIFIED CORALS AND FLINTS

CHAPTER XXVI MAGNETIC ROCKS

CHAPTER XXVII SOME CONCLUSIONS AND THEIR BEARINGS

APPENDIX

INDEX

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OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE
 
PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899

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NA RARO (2,420 feet) from the south-west, a peak of acid andesite.

NDRANDRAMEA (1,800 feet) from the south-east, a peak of acid andesite rising about a thousand feet from its base.

[Frontispiece.
OBSERVATIONS OF
A NATURALIST IN
THE PACIFIC BETWEEN
1896 AND 1899
BY
H. B. GUPPY, M.B., F.R.S.E.
VOLUME I
VANUA LEVU, FIJI
A description of its leading Physical and Geological characters
London
MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK; THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1903
All rights reserved
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited.
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
Dedication
TO THE FIJIAN PEOPLE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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