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Mr. Bent remarks in. his report that the party sailed from Seattle, 

 Washington, on May 19, and took the inside passage north to 

 Ketchikan, where they remained a few days, and from there they 

 sailed out through Dixon Entrance and nearly west across the Pacific 

 Ocean to Unimak Pass. They entered the pass on June 4, anchored 

 for one night at Akun Island, and reached Unalaska on June 5. After 

 discharging the cargo and coaling, they started on the western trip 

 among the Aleutian Islands on June 10, with orders for the Tahoma 

 to return to Unalaska on July 1. This gave the party less than three 



Fig. 42. — Red-faced Cormorants on Walrus Island. 



July 7, 1911. 



Photograph by Bent, 



weeks in which to explore over 800 miles of difficult islands, an under- 

 taking for which three months would have been hardly time enough. 

 The expedition cruised the whole length of the chain, however, and 

 landed on Atka, Kiska, Attu, Tanaga, and Adak islands, besides 

 visiting the western end of Unalaska Island, landing at Chernofski. 

 The reconnaissance of the Aleutian chain was necessarily so super- 

 ficial and hurried that merely a brief report of the results has yet been 

 made, a full description of the topography and the flora and fauna 

 being reserved until a more complete biological survey can be under- 



