Accidental predation: Does not seem common in the area, from feet speaking they feed on the river margin and about the sand banks but when the water is towards the mouth in tidal section. Generally speaking they feed up towards the head waters, 12 to 20 miles inland, and valley. Exceedingly common all along the river valley; fertile but is not so water eroded as in the Buis des Pirougues area. though generally highly mineralized. On the mountains it is not so the area. The soil especially in the river flats is fertile Javanese and guava both introduced pests are common everywhere in nowhere very tall, with grass and scattered low shrubs in between, very dense, and an open type of Howlite forest with cat-tailed trees, of forest dark green tropical with trees of Holft. and more and are two types. There are fairly extensive in areas. in the upper reaches of the river there is more forest which coffee plantations and native gardens are common and fairly extensive. valley bottoms grass flats with grass for grazing of cattle and height, but these patches are not numerous or extensive. in it 15 ft. It there are small patches of scrub running to 10 or 12 ft. shrubs of five or six ft. here and there; and in odd valleys and scrub with much broken fern and long grasses with odd scattered inclined to be rather bare or covered with a low three ft. Heath heights and are very steep. In the lower reaches the mountains are miles. The mountains on either side are from 600 to 2000 ft. in to for back into the centre of the island, possibly a distance of 50 plain valley river valley running. New Caledonia. SITUATION: Wallu is about half way along the North-east coast of VALU AREA: (French Spelling: HOUAIOU)