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OBSERVATIONS OF A NATURALIST IN THE
PACIFIC BETWEEN 1896 AND 1899
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.
PREFACE
During a sojourn in the Pacific, which covered a period ofrather over a year in Hawaii (1896-97), and of two years and threemonths in Fiji (1897-99), my attention was mainly confined to thestudy of plant-distribution and to the examination of the geologicalstructure of Vanua Levu.
With Hillebrand’s “Flora of Hawaii” always in my handsI roamed over the large island of Hawaii, ascending the threeprincipal mountains of Mauna Kea, Mauna Loa, and Hualalai,and in the case of my second ascent of Mauna Loa spendingtwenty-three days alone on its summit. Similarly in Fiji,Seemann’s “Flora Vitiensis” was my counsellor