Swan.] 152 [Aprils, 



It is eight thousand feet high, and its summit is covered with perpetual 

 snow. From this peak the range is gradually depressed, till, at Cape 

 Flattery, it assuujies the character of precipitous and rocky hills, six or 

 seven hundred feet high. 



Between Da Fuca Strait and the Pacific coast, the jieniusula be- 

 comes gradually narrower, and finally terminates in a small headlaad, 

 •which at its extremity, curves slightly to the westward. 



This small headland is somewhat separated from the larger penin- 

 sular to which it is annexed, by a valley which, commencing at Neeah 

 Bay on the north, extends to the south of the Cape. This valley is 

 partly covered with a dense forest of spruce and hemlock, and partly 

 open meadows or prairie land, low and wet. 



From the Pacific, or south side of the Cape, a small stream pene- 

 trates the marsh, having its head within a few rods of Neeah Bay, and 

 at the highest tides, rendering Cape Flattery almost practically an isl- 

 and. This point, or island, has somewhat of a triangular form, the 

 base of the triangle being attached to the continent, and the opposite 

 vertex projecting boldly into the Pacific Ocean, forming the Cape 

 called Cape Flattery. 



The peninsula of Cape Flattery has its northern shores washed by 

 the waters of the Straits of Fuca, and its westerly by the Pacific 

 Ocean. 



During the prevalence of southerly winds which bring the rains, it is 

 noticed that the atmospheric currents are affected by the land, and a 

 south, or southwest wind on the coast, is a southeast wind on the 

 Strait. This fact is shown by vessels, which, coming from S.m Fran- 

 cisco or other southern ports, with a fliir wind till they pass Tatooch 

 lighthouse, will find the wind ahead when entering the Straits. 



These two winds produce an eddy over the Cape, the same as is pro- 

 duced by two swift currents of Avater joining each other at an acute 

 angle. Thus it is noticed, that while the wind on the Strait, and 

 outside the Cape, is blowing a strong breeze, it will be nearly calm at 

 Neeah Bay (a small harbor six miles east from Cape Flattery), 

 and masses of clouds seem to collect and pile upon the mountains of 

 the Cape, and discharge their superabundant moisture. 



The greatest amount of rain I have recorded for twenty-four hours, 

 fell between 7 A. m. December IGth, 18G3, and 7 a.m. of the 17th. 

 Daring tliat time, six and nine-tenth inches were precipitated. 



The following table will show the temperature and amount of rain 

 for 1863, 1864, and 1865. 



The temperature is ascertained by reading the thermometer daily at 

 7 A. M., 2 p. M., and 9 p. m., and the rain guage examined at 7 a. im. 

 showing the result for the previous twenty-four hours. The figures in- 



