(11496) Roll 57:1 Fulanga island, looking N.W. from the ship " 57:2 Ongea ndriti, looking E.S.E. from a point about 200 yards inside (11497) Barraconts passage. " 57:3 Small islets off the N.W. side of Ongea ndrite showing the mushroom (11498) outline given them by the undercutting at the water level. The entire rocky shore and all the small islets have this undercut line. Some of the smaller islets have only a slender neck and truly resemble toadstools. Roll 57:4 One of the larger of the small islets its steep slope covered with (11499) with native palms. (Veitchia sp?) " 57:5 Close up of the palms on the N.W. side of the islet and of the (11500) undercutting. " 57:6 A toadstool islet at the entrance of a small bay. (11501) We landed in a nearly enclosed bay at the N.W. corner of the island, on the undercut shelf between mangrove thickets. Behind this is quite a clearing containing coconuts, maniôt plants, taro, sweet potatoes, yams, etc. No one lives on Ongea ndriti, but several good sized areas are cultivated by natives from Ongea levu, the village being a scant two miles away. Followed a very fair trail across to a sandy beach on the south side of the island. The interior is undulating (at the W. end), and extremely rough in places. The coral limestone, of which the island is composed (see smaples) weathers unevenly, leaving jagged rocks and deep holes. The latter are often covered with herbs and vines, making progress, off the trails, arduous if not dangerous. The interior is densely covered with scrub - No. 382 being the dominant undergrowth. There are also scattered large trees, up to 3 feet or more in diameter. The straight trunks without lateral branches make their crests inaccessible. There seem to be three or four species of the largest types. The largest has a dark red heart, (judging by the cut stumps it is the sp. from which kawa bowls are cut - called vesi (Afzelia bijuga). The beaches and rough limestone cliffs are lined with the usual littoral