Letom, 
LETTER XII. 
RESIDENCE AT PORT RESOLUTION——ASCENT OF THE VOLCANO— 
WHAT WE SAW FROM THE EDGE OF THE CRATER—THE 
DESCENT—SOMETHING ABOUT THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS 
OF THIS VOLCANO. 
Port Resolution, Tana, 
December, 1872. 
Wer 
INETER a stay of two months at Kwamera, I went round by 
boat to visit Mr. and Mrs. Neilson at Port Resolution. The 
station here occupies a fine position on the banks overhanging 
the bay, and commands a very fine view towards the lofty Mount 
Mirren. The general aspect of the country is much the same 
as that around Kwamera, only the land is more flat and the 
forests are more free of underwood. There are two traders’ 
establishments here, the occupants of them being engaged 
principally in the manufacture of cobra from cocoanuts and the 
collection of sulphur. Until lately one of these establishments 
was in charge of a yonng man named Dana. He was one of 
that unfortunate expedition that left Melbourne some years ago 
to settle upon this island. Two of them—Messrs. Ross and 
Bell—were killed by the natives ; and now Dana, poor fellow, 
has met his death here too. Going out one Sunday alone, with 
his gun, it went off accidentally, inflicting a very bad wound in 
the leg. He was conveyed home by natives, and Mr. Neilson 
