Underway at once for Kambara and anchored again off Takalau village. No anchorage at Marambo. Wednesday, August 27, 1924. Wangava. Up anchor at 6 A.M. and across the four miles to Wangava. Ashore by 7:15 landing on a small sand beach on the N.W. side, where the cliff is some- what lower than elsewhere. The entire sea face of the island on all sides is a steep cliff, ranging in height from 150 to 350 feet. There are but few sand beaches, the largest of which is at the west end. The cliff face is densely wooded except on the steeper portions and summit which is covered with scrub in places. Ascended the ridge and dropped down a few feet onto a high rough undu- lating plateau, densely covered with trees. As one walks out on it the ground becomes smoother and slopes gently toward the center. Here is situated a large lake, much larger than indicated on H. O. Chart 2852, for it fills the greater part of the north-eastern interior of the island (as shown on my map, p. 67). The water is slightly brackish, but unfit for drinking. It is bordered with mangroves in places, and is without a beach, the marginal limestone being even undercut. Around the lake are several small clumps of coconut palms with a large grove at the east end. The entire basin is hemmed in by the marginal ridge which is continuous without a break. Explored the west end of the lake, which is bordered with bad-lands of the worst type here. Came upon a clump of coconuts with fresh copra cuttings and after a search found a faint trail which lead away to the westward. Fol- lowed it west, W.S.W. and even S.W. for a stretch, past several small groves of coconut palms and a few orange trees. This portion of the island is a fairly smooth heavily wooded undulating high plateau, at least 150' elevation at the west side, sloping gradually down to the lake. The trail lead to the long sandy beach near the west end of the island.