INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALHATROSS. 9 



took up bis quarters on board. lie brouglit with liiui a oue-man kayak 

 made by tlie natives of Niinivak, wliicli lie douated to tlie Fisli Com- 

 mission exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



The folioAnnft' is a brief summary of the movements of the Albatross 

 while employed in transporting- the United States commissioners to 

 the iSeal Islands, Bering Sea, and return: 



July 16. Left San Francisco for I'ualaska. Ang. 11. Arrived at Unalaska via Bogos- 



.hily 25. Arrive at I^iialaska. lof Volcano. 



Jnly 27. Left L^ialaska for Seal Islands. | Aug. 13. Left Unalaska. 



July 28. Arrived at St. Paul Island via ' Aug. 20. Arrived at Alert Bay, British 



St. George. 1 Columbia. 



Aug. 9. Left St. Paul and arrived at St. Aug. 21. Arrived at Departure Bay, Brit- 



Ueorge Island. i isli Columbia; took coal. 



Aug. 10. Left St. George Island, Aug. 22. Arrived at Tacoma, Wash., via 



! Port Townsend. 



No. of days on the voyage, 37; total distance made under steam (in knots); 4,686. 



Tire cruise was made without accident resulting in delay, damage or 

 loss of any kind. 



INVESTIGATIONS ON THE COAST OF WASHINGTON. 



Orders were received at Port Townsend on August 25 to explore the 

 waters of the Straits of Fuca, and later to exten<l the work to Hood 

 Canal. 



A number of articles collected in Bering Sea for the Columbian 

 Exposition were shipped to Washington on the morning of the 27th, 

 and at 11:40 a. m. we got under way and steamed into the straits. 



Commencing oif New Dungeness, the beam-trawl was cast at 97 

 fathoms, and a line consisting of 4 stations occupied from that point 

 to the vicinity of Eace Eocks, the depths ranging fi-om SO to 100 

 fathoms. The bottom was mostly muddy, with a few pebbles 5 rocky 

 bottom was found at one station in 100 fathoms. The results of the 

 hauls maybe stated in a general way as follows: Among the fishes 

 were a few flounders {Microsiomus pacijicus), 4 species of small 

 fishes, ratfish {ChinuvraeolUei), alligator-fish, Liimris, etc. The list of 

 invertebrates included C species of prawns, shrimps, crabs, sea-urchins, 

 naked mollusks, worms and tubes, pectens, and several species of small 

 shells. Two species of brachiopods were found in great numbers, and 

 were a marked feature of the hauls. Hydroids, cup corals, pycnogo- 

 uids, starfishes, ascidians, and sponges Avere found in each haul. 



The surface net found i\\Q, waters almost barren of life, a few small 

 crustaceans being all that were found during daylight. After dark 

 medusa came to the surface, and a half bushel or more were taken at 

 each haul. 



Anchorage for the night was found at 11 :50 p. m. in Xeah Bay. Work 

 was resumed on the morning of the 28th, by setting two cod and two 

 halibut trawl lines in from 80 to 100 fiithoms, off Xeah Bay. Hand 



