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Volume 14 Australasia - dana ward's homepage

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458 AUSTRALASIA.luitiirally watered by hundreds of streams aud brooklets, aud even rivers accessiblefor some distauce to steamers. One of these, the Wai-Levu ("Great "Water"),commonly called Rewa-Rewa, embraces in its catchment basin over one-third ofthe island, and forms a considerable delta at its mouth on the south-east coast ; thetides ascend 2G miles and boats 50 miles farther inland.Vanua-Levu, or "Great Island," the second in extent, lies north-east of Yiti-Levu, and encloses between its two eastern peninsulas the extensive Nateva Bay,also called the " Dead Sea," owing to the stillness of its waters.This island is alsoFig. 109.—Fiji Isl.«d3.Scale 1 : 16,000.000.Depths.to 250Fathoms.

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