242 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Tins leport gives an accurntc statement of tlie steaming qualities of 

 tlie <;oal icccived from tlic mine con)paiecI with the AVellington coal, 

 a,ml, considering that it was taken from a vein near the surface, the 

 extra amount required to furnisli the same quantity of steam will not 

 seem oxcessK'e. It is sIiomu that the coal i)ossesses merits, and it Avill 

 doubtless improve with the development of the deei)er veins. 



Work was resumed on the survey as soon as the vessel came to 

 anchor, and, although the weather was unfiivorable, many soundings 

 were taken, besides some further triangulation. lieindeer and bears 

 were plentiful in the mountains surrounding Herendeen Bay, and several 

 were brought in by the naturalists and officers. We finished coaling 

 on the evening of the 27th, having taken aboard 128 tons, 2.'> tons being 

 in bags on deck. 



Boisterous winds with driving mist and fog detained us during the 

 28th, but we were under Avay early the following jnorning and steamed 

 out by the rough chart of our recent survey, which was found quite 

 accurate and sufficient for the present purposes of navigation, except 

 at the entrance to Port M«)ller, Avhere more soundings arc required to 

 proi>erly develoj) the channel and the region between Entraijce Point 

 and AValrus Island. 



Strong southerly winds and heavy head seas were encountered, 

 Avhieh, in addition to a dense fog, made our progress exceedingly slow 

 and uncomfortable, but we finally arrived safely in Iliuliuk, Unalaska, 

 at 10:.")0 a. m., July 31. Arrangements were made for a supply of coal 

 on our return, and at daylight August 2 we proceeded to sea. A line 

 of soundings Avas eoumieuced off Cape Cheerful and carried to Bogos- 

 lof, an active volcano in 53° 55' N. and 108° V W. The maximum depth 

 was 885 fathoms about midway between Cape Makushin aiul Bogoslof. 



BiXjoHlof Inland and VoJcano. — The first authentic account of this 

 interesting locality is from Capt. Cook, Avho i)assed between the posi- 

 tion of Jiogoslof and Umnak in 1778, and discovering a rock which <it 

 a distance resembled a ship under sail, he named it Sail Iio(!k. It must 

 liave been the oidy conspicuous object near by at the time or he would 

 have mentioned tliat fact. Old BogOvSlof, as it is now called, was thrown 

 uj) about 400 yaids from Sail Bock in 1790, alter an earthquake, and, 

 iiccording to Baranolf's report, rcnmined active until 1815 at least; I 

 do not know how much longer. It must have undergone many remark- 

 able changes during its period of activity. Capt. Wassilieli" reported 

 that at one time it attained an altitude of 2,210 feet, whereas it is now 

 but 370 feet in height and greatly diminished in bulk. New Bogoslof 

 is located on the oi)posite extremity of the same platform, the total 

 length of the island, including the old and new cones, being about 1^ 

 miles NW. by N. and SE. by S. (magnetic), and a little less than a mile 

 in width. 



The natives of southern Tnalaska i-eported that Bogoslof Avas smok- 

 ing in 1882, but there is no report from the island until September 27, 



