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were enveloped. Leaving for Unalaska in the evening 

 after the second visit the vessel sailed around the north 

 end of the volcano, which in the darkness presented a 

 most extraordinary spectacle. The summit was envel- 

 oped in a bright sulphurous light which burst forth from 

 rifts in its side and shone out against the black sky in the 

 background, making a scene both beautiful and impressive. 

 The next record is a sketch made in 1887 by William 

 C. Greenfield and published by Becker and Dall in 1898 

 (fig. 21). In this sketch the new volcano is represented 

 as considerably higher than Old Bogoslof; the two are 

 connected by an elevated bar which appears higher than 

 in the ' Corwin's ' photographs taken in 1885; Ship Rock 

 is still standing and of considerable height, although dis- 



FIG. 21. ROUGH SKETCH OF THE ISLANDS IN 1887, BY WM. C. GREENFIELD. 



integration had evidently begun; the new volcano is 

 steaming from three principal peaks, and from a vent at 

 the northeast corner (which in later years became the one 

 of greatest activity) ; the highest peak is at the northwest 

 corner. 



Three years later (August 2, 1890) the U. S. Fish 

 Commission steamer ' Albatross ' (Capt. Z. L. Tanner) 

 passed within three-quarters of a mile of the island, but no 

 landing was made. Captain Tanner states that the day 

 was unusually clear, Makushin and the highlands of 

 Umnak being distinctly visible. Ship Rock had fallen and 

 its original position was marked by debris. New Bogo- 

 slof was enveloped in smoke and steam so dense that its 

 outlines could not be accurately determined, but its alti- 



