Upon return to schooner at 4 P.M. Mr. Beck gave me a specimen of crystalline rock which he had found in large deposits on the limestone cliffs. Testing it with Ammonia molybdate and concentrated nitric acid showed presence of phosphate, but the violent liberation of carbon dioxide proved it to be limestone. The ordinary limestone gave the same reactions. Monday, July 28, 1924. Ashore at 7:30 visiting the level interior and high eastern end. Scattered along the limestone cliffs and undercut shelf are patches of dark red-brown rock (see samples). Here and there is a small deposit of the white crystalline rock (sample from Mr. Beck). Collected some large red-brown ants from under the bark of a large dead tree. East along a fair trail which leads to the next sand beach, collecting a few small landshells from the dew covered leaves. Stripped bark from a fallen tree getting centipedes, wood lice, cater- pillers, grubs and fly pupae, and larvae, pupae, and adults of several beetles, including a moderately large brown Elaterid and a slender fuscus staphylinid. Walked along beach shelf (it being low tide) to next sand beach. From here a good trail leads inland to a large central clearing planted to coconuts, cassavas (Manioc), bananas, papayas, pumpkin vine, etc. but much overgrown with weeds, especially Bidens. Coconut leaves were much eaten along edges as if by Phasnidae, and also much spotted with fungus. Took a few typical bad ones for the Fiji Department of Agriculture who asked me to be on the lookout for crop pests. This cleared area is quite large, with new sections being added to it. The surrounding country is level with a good soil, the best on the island. The trail leads S.E. beyond the clearing, but only two places from which timber has been cut. Some of the large trees and stumps are over 3 feet in