300 



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serrated ridge, about 850 feet in height, very narrow, the 

 sides meeting above in a very acute angle, where they are 

 broken into a number of inaccessible pinnacles. There 

 is no crater, nor appearance of a crater. The shore-line 

 formed a tolerably regular oval, pointed at the southeast 

 end, having its longitudinal axis trending NW % w and 



SE % E by compass, and reaching about 

 three-quarters of a nautical mile in 

 length. The shores are mostly precip- 

 itous; but at the southeastern extremity 

 FIG. s. END VIEW the waves have accumulated a small 

 OF BOGOSLOF (FROM S pi t or pointed bit of beach, of talus, on 



THE SOUTHEAST) IN , . , ,, , ,, , , , 



1873. BEARING NW which in perfectly favorable weather a 

 % w. DISTANCE 6 landing may be had. With the least 



MILES. AFTER DALL. 11 1 C ' formed 



Less than half a mile north and west from the island is a 

 perpendicular square-topped pillar, about 150 feet high, 

 called on modern charts l Ship Rock.' Less than half 

 a mile north and east from the island is a small rock ris- 

 ing only a few feet above the water. North, east, and 

 south, and especially east-southeast from the point of the 



NW by W. 6% miles. W NW. 7 miles. N by W. 6 miles. 



FIGS. 9, IO, II. BOGOSLOF FROM VARIOUS BEARINGS IN 1873. AFTER DALL. 

 IN FIGS. IO AND II SHIP ROCK IS JUST APPEARING OFF THE FAR END OF 

 BOGOSLOF. 



island, scattered breakers were observed, extending less 

 than three-quarters of a mile from shore. The crags of 

 the main island afford the most secure refuge to thou- 

 sands of sea-parrots, puffins, auks, and divers; and sea- 

 lions ( Eumetopias stellen) often rest on the talus point. 

 It is visited in spring, if weather permits, by native egg- 



