Journal of Edwin H. Bryan, Jr. while with the Whitney Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History on the schooner France, February to October 1924
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Levu, visible over the N.W. ridge of Ovalau. The main island to the S.W. is low, except for the hazy highland in the vicinity of Colo-i-Suva and beyond. Roll 74:5. The N.W. range from summit of the trail. (11599) The sign at the summit of the trail (and a smimlar one at its east foot above Levuka) regarding sanitation and water supply reads as follows:- "Mo Ni Kila Sa tabu ni dua na tamata me mi se veka ena bati ni uciwai. Sa tekivu ena vanua oqo ka yala ena gusu ni vaivo sa tu kina e dua na vola vaka oqo. Ia ke dua e bea nai vakaro oqo ena beitaki sara ki na Veilewai. Ena saumi na tamata sa kunea e no 5/- na silini. H. C. pilling." (Translation by E. H. B.) "Be it Known (that) It is unlawful for man to "stool" along this stream." Conspicuous among the insects were:- small brown and white butterflies, orange and fuscous skippers, a few swallowtails, diptera of various kinds; Ichneumurid and black wasps, etc. Lizards of at least 2 spp. sunning themselves on bare rocks. Caught specimen of the smaller kind, but unable to oatch the large blackish sp. The large fuscous and yellow spider abundant here as it is also about Suva. Returned to schooner in middle afternoon. Thursday, October 16, 1924. Wakaya Island. Ashore with mail and luggage to send to Suva. Returned to schooner and