General notes on South Pacific island groups
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-99- Some Fiji locality names, mentioned in Brit. Museum Catalogues and elsewhere. Bua, is on Sandalwood Bay, Vanua Levu. Cocoanut Point, on Sandalwood Bay, Vamua Levu. Dreketti (or Ndreketti), is on Vamua Levu. Kandi, is near Bua, Sandalwood Bay, Vanua Levu. Levuka, is on Ovalau, and has been used as the name of this island. Loma Loma, is on Vamua Mbalavu, and has been used as the name of the island. Nandi, is on Viti Levu, according to Layard. Nandranga (of Naudronga), is on Viti Levu, so Layard says. Ndreketti (see Dreketti). Ngila, is on n.e. side of Taveuni. Rewa, river of this name on Viti Levu. Sandalwood Bay, on Vanua Levu. Savu Savu Bay, on Vamua Levu. Somo Somo, on Taveuni. Somo Somo Strait, between Vamua Levu and Taveuni. Suva, on Viti Levu. Vuna Point, on Taveuni. "Balaou" is presumably Ovalau. The spelling "Balaou" is found in connection with birds collected by Hombron and Jacquinot on the voyage of the 'Astrolabe' and Zelee in 1838. The several