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the drag seine in all parts of the harbor. Dog and humpback salmon 

 were seen jumping in every direction and dead individuals lined the 

 shores on both sides. In a small stream fed by water oozing out of 

 wet moss the writer counted 336 dead salmon and about the same 

 number of living ones, but the latter looked as though they would not 

 survive much longer, as they were covered with scars and bruises. 



The stream was about 4 feet wide, in no place over 1 foot deep, and 

 generally much less. Tall, thick grass obscured the course of most of 

 the stream, and it could only be followed by forcing one's way through 

 the rank growth. In so doing, one's foot would constantly come in 

 contact with salmon, which would jump and rush upstream, making a 

 great splashing as they went. Several attempts were made to drive 

 a number downstream, but they were all unsuccessful. In many places 

 the bottom of the stream was thickly covered with salmon eggs, the 

 most of which were dead. The dead salmon filled the air with a sick- 

 ening odor. As there is no large stream entering Bailey Harbor, the 

 small ones become overcrowded with salmon, and thousands are obliged 

 to remain in the bay without the chance of reaching fresh water. 



Bailey Harbor would apparently be a desirable locality for a fishing 

 settlement. It is well protected from the wind in most directions, but 

 a heavy gale from the south would cause a heavy swell to enter, and 

 yet a lee could be found by shifting from one side of the harbor to the 

 other, as the occasion might require. Small boats could run into the 

 inner harbor and find shelter from all kinds of weather. Fish are 

 abundant and easily taken. 



A run of 80 miles east brought us to Portage Bay, where we found 

 shore collecting very poor as compared with Bailey Harbor. The water 

 is very shallow and but few places exist which are favorable for seining. 

 Only one large salmon and about a dozen small ones were taken. 

 Flounders and scnlpins are also scarce. Our seine catch consisted 

 mainly of young cod, and 12 cod were caught on hand lines. Many 

 dead salmon were lying on the beaches and some were floating on the 

 waters of the bay. A mountain stream flows into the head of the bay, 

 but as the tide was low at the time of our visit there, we made no 

 attempt to seine at its mouth. Taken as a whole, Portage Bay does 

 not seem to offer as many inducements for fishing as Bailey Harbor. 

 The work in Portage Bay completed our fishery investigations for the 

 season of 1893. 



On June 19, 1894, I joined the ship at Unalaska, and on the evening 

 of the 21st we sailed for the Pribilof Islands, where we arrived the fol- 

 lowing day. A drag seine was hauled in the lake on St. Paul Island, 

 where a number of trout were planted last season. The seine reached 

 nearly across the lake, and was hauled from one end of it to the other, 

 with the object of determining whether the fish had survived the winter. 

 Nothing was found to indicate that any of them were alive. The seine 

 touched bottom, and had there been fish in this small body of water, 

 it is very probable that a few would have been captured. The people 



