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forms Nemo Bay, where a fair anchorage can be got in from 10 to 

 13 fathoms, with sandy surroundings. A stream of good water 

 runs into this bay, where salmon and trout may be obtained in 

 the season. 



A short reef extends off Cape Kimberley, the north-west point 

 of the island. Cape Littlejohn, the north-east point, has a high 

 rock lying a short distance off it. About the middle of the coast, 

 on the Pacific side, are the remains of an old village. To the 

 southward of this the land forms Blakiston Bay, which affords 

 anchorage on a sandy bottom in from 9 to 12 fathoms. From 

 Blakiston Bay, around the southern part of the island, the coast 

 terminates in high, abrupt, black-looking cliffs, and with little or 

 no beach. A considerable quantity of kelp grows around the 

 island. The coast is safe to approach, there being no off-lying 

 dangers. 



Leopard seals are common; sea-otters and sea-lions are met 

 with, but there are no sea-lion rookeries on the island. Foxes and 

 a small rodent (lemming) are the only land-animals. 



Vegetation now begins again to be more profuse. The valleys 

 have a rank growth of grass, nettles, and umbelliferous plants, the 

 slopes of the hills and flats are covered with mosses and other 

 close-growing greenery, and wild flowers of many kinds are 

 abundant. There is a growth of scrub in places, but no trees. 



Onekotan is not a favourite breeding-ground for sea-fowl. 

 Codfish are to be caught off the coast, but not in large numbers. 



Fifth (Piati) Strait, between Onekotan and Makanrushir, is 

 13 miles wide, with deep water throughout. 



Makanrushir is roughly oval in form. Its greatest length is 

 6 miles north and south, and its width east and west is 4^ miles. 

 It has an area of 21^ square miles. This island is made up of 

 an irregular mass of mountains showing several peaks, but there 

 is no well-formed prominent cone. The mountains, which reach to 

 .a height of 3900 feet, are volcanic, but at the present time there 

 is no activity. 



The northern and north-eastern beaches are bouldery, with a 

 short stretch of hillocky low land at back. The southern coast 

 is similar. Elsewhere all around the island the shore is bounded 

 by lofty cliffs, with a narrow beach at their foot. 



There are no good anchorages, but off the lower parts of the 



