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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 241, 11 October 1871, Page 4

filled. Lieutenant Jones left July 16, all well; men under canvas; 80 tons cargo saved'" A correspondent of The Times, August 5, sends the following, account of the remarkable island on which the ship was grounded : — " I visited the island on an outward-bounu voyage some years since, and although it was then uninhabited aod barren, it still offers the means of sustaining life by means of the abundance of fish to be found in the Crater Basin. This remarkable basin is about two miles in circuit, and has 30 fathoms of water in the middle, which depth is maintained until within 50ft of the shore. The rocks round the crater rise to 600 ft or 700 ft high, and the view from the summit is very impressive. All round the edges of the basin smoke was rising amid the stones lining tbe shore, indicating that smouldering fires still lurked below. On landing, we found the water on the shore of the crater in some places too hot to permit our hands remaining in it for any length of time. The temperature by thermometer in the hottest part was 204°. Great iun was created by catching fish at one end of our boat, aod without taking them off the hookj letting them drop into the hot water and cooking them."