is also some limestone. The east side is lower than the west. The volcanic portions, true to form, are covered with scrub, grass, pandanus, and on the east spurs considerable casuarina. The limestone portions and upper slopes of the western ridge are well covered with forest. The two valleys on the south and east and the pockets between the small, spires contain groves of coconuts. The interior has extensive areas planted to yams, manioc, bananas and also a few coconut palms. The village, on west end of south side is on a small sand beach. It is small and rather run down in appearance; there being between 12 and 15 native huts and a cement water tank. Noticed a woman carefully scraping the sand from some small pockets on sandstone beach, at low tide, through which water was bubbling up. The buli, a very fair type of Fijian, after serving us with a breakfast of manioc, fish soup and boiled minnows, agreed to show us the famous "cave of bones," concerning which MacNamara, the coconut inspector, had told me in Suva. He guided us up a trail behind the village across the central plateau and up onto the limestone ridge on the N.W. It is not a cave, but an arched- over depression, wide open on the west side, partially open on the S.E. and lacking part of the roof, which is a slanting limestone slab. The interior space is about 10 by 18 feet and 8 to 2 feet high, with a dirt and leaf mold floor, which is well strewn with bones. There were exposed and buried shal- lowly in the loose dirt about 50 skulls in all stages of completeness and the long bones, ribs, etc. of perhaps that many skeletons. Many of the bones were in an excellent state of preservation even though exposed to air and rain. Sorted through the entire heap and removed 26 skulls and jaws (not together) and a few long and other bones. Six of the skulls am turning over to Mr. Beck. Six more are for Mr. A. M. Lea of the South Australian Museum, through whom I learned of the cave. The rest, long bones and fragments of pottery are for the Bishop Museum.