. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. ANDREWS: LIMESTONES OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 2/ It would thus appear that some of the flats are wind-blown formations, and not the results of recent upheaval, as in the case of Lakemba, Thithia, and Vatu Leile. [The reef-flats are due to submarine erosion. — A. Agassiz.] Elevations of the Fiji Group. — From the consideration of the raised coralline limestone alone, it is clear that a greater elevation may be claimed for the northern division of the Fiji Group than for the southern one.^ The Yasawas (800 feet), Th
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. ANDREWS: LIMESTONES OF THE FIJI ISLANDS. 2/ It would thus appear that some of the flats are wind-blown formations, and not the results of recent upheaval, as in the case of Lakemba, Thithia, and Vatu Leile. [The reef-flats are due to submarine erosion. — A. Agassiz.] Elevations of the Fiji Group. — From the consideration of the raised coralline limestone alone, it is clear that a greater elevation may be claimed for the northern division of the Fiji Group than for the southern one.^ The Yasawas (800 feet), Thikombia-i-ra (630 feet), Tuvatha (800 feet), Vatu Vara (1050 feet), and Yathata (840 feet), are lofty heights compared with the elevated islands stretching to the south of terraced Tuvutha. The elevations decrease in altitude as we leave Tuvutha and reti-eat from the equator. At 18° south latitude, we have Naiau with 580 feet, at 19° south latitude Kambara and Wangava from 300 to 350 feet, and still farther south Fulanga with 260 feet of uplift. Thus it seems that the gi'eat uplift or series of uplifts reached its maximum on or about the 17th pai'allel of south latitude. Whether this uplift was due to one elevating influence, as suggested by J. Stanley Gardiner,* or due to intermittent periods of uplifts and repose, is now to be considered. Number of Elevations. — As mentioned before, Mr. Gardiner considered the probability of one uplift for Lau. In this he w'as influenced by the apparent lack of visible " terrace " or even incipient " terrace forma- tions," and from the repeated occurrence of huge vertical cliff's noted by him in his researches conducted in the Lau Group. But the evidence for repeated uplifts in place of a rapid and single rise seems incontest- able when read in the light of the following MBA VATC FROM MANGO. Appended is a summary of the numbers of indications of upheaval in individual islands, and from a careful study of th
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