327 



From till* iiiouili of Daltoii Cru4<k to Point Maiiby, u diMtjiiico of 30 



mill-.. Ilir iianow strip tif laiitl, !• ' w id««, I\ ' i 



llir Im-.hIi aiitl tin* iMl^t' of iIm« m I ,,|-, iM ji - ■ 



Maiul <liiiieM ii(>ar tli<* U'tu-li »im1 of t;ri)Vrt ri«tgoM iii'ur tlu' ;;lm'ii'r, with 

 luTc and tlHTC small strrams foriiicd l»y tin* melting ••!' tl • ' n**. 



On tilt' r.i.Htfiti stijr tit \ aktitat l'>ay arcalxMit a «I<>/.«mi - .iitU, 



ran;;in^ in hi/c tVom Kliantaaik, 7 milcH loii^', to fMimc Ii*mh tlian an acre 

 in I'xtrnt. 



lUiiiiit; till' liiHi tliriM' works iViilowiii;; my arrival, I rolliMtod oii Kliaii- 

 liiak Island an<l on tin* adjacent mainland t'lom the Miskumi to Ocfan 

 C.'a|N*, and aUo tr)ok a t-anm' trip to Mr. Mcitratirs' camp, on tin* op|Hi 

 site sid«' of till' bay near Point ManWy, a distance of L'O miles, lint toiind 

 littl«> lore that I had not already rolliMtcd. Sc\rral days of thr latt«r 

 part of . I line were >pcnt on a trip l»y s»m to tlu* base of .Mount Teben 

 kol, a distance id' IH miles, hut tlit^ weather \va8 such that little was 

 ai-coniplishi'd. A raiioe trip to the niaiiilaiid near Kiii;;lit Ulaiid altoiit 

 the middle of .lill\ was more sincessful, thoii;.'h I was i-ompelled l»y 

 a heavy rain storm to return after a stay of one day. Several other 

 jonriiey> were made l>y ranoe diirin;; the suninu'r w heiiever the weather 

 Would permit, and nearly i-mmn acres>ilth' point on the shores of the 

 bay was visited, ll had Itrcnjiiy ori;;iiial intent ion to simmhI the greater 

 pal t of the sumiiHiat I >altoii's raluii, an altandoiied house in the fore>t, 

 .5 miles tVoiu the liearli oil the west side of the l>a\ near its head; Itiit a 

 dense ice pack which layoff this shore ni'aily all the summer preiluded 

 any attem])t to etVert a landin^^ 



On Au;;u>t L'. aeconipainied by my laborer and ain»tlier man einployeil 

 toas.sist in handling the canoes in the ice, I left Khantaak Island with two 

 canoes containing my camp outfit, collecting apparatus, and ]>rovisions 

 for a two weeks' cruise, visiting nearly every part of Disenchaiitinent 

 Hay and climbing many of the mountains on its shores to the line of 

 per|»i'tual snow. The greater part ot" my collections in thisregioii were 

 made on the southern slnue ol the bay. near the large rock known as 

 llaeiike Island. Canoeing in Disenchantment IJay was attended with 

 much lalwir and no little jiei il, as we were constantly in danger of being 

 <rushed in the lloating ice which filled the bay at nearly all times. 



On August 14, while camped on the, east side of Disenihantineiit Uay 

 near its entrance, i noticed that the ice tloe otV the mouth of Dalton 

 Creek seemed to be less densely packed than usual, and, loading both 

 caiKH'S, I crossed to the opposite sidi' and surceeded in landing, though 

 one of the canoes was upset in the surf. Two days later 1 returned to 

 Khantaak Island with my entire outlit. hniing this two weeks' trip 

 the weather was exceptionally favorable and the collections were the 

 most sat isiactoiv made during the season. The rain poured in torrents 

 nearly every day during the latter half of .Vugust, though .some col- 

 lecting was done iu the intervals. Tlic lainfall is said to have be^n 



<"*f the United .**tatfs Coast and Geodetic Survey. 



