312 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
12.35 the next morning, and reached Dutch Harbor at 6.40 the same 
evening, going at once to the coal wharf. June 15 we took on board 
81 tons of coal, and at 6.10 p. m. proceeded to sea, entering the Pacific 
via Unalga Pass. Several vessels were boarded between there and 
the Shumagins, among them the American fishing schooner Moonlight, 
of Seattle, bound for Slime Bank, Bering Sea. 
We arrived at Sand Point at 12.10 a. m. June 16, and found several 
of the sealing fleet at anchor, and others arrived from day to day. A 
constant lookout was kept for seals during the cruise to the westward, 
but none was seen except off Unimak Pass, and then but one or two at 
atime. We boarded and warned all vessels found in port, and those 
which arrived up to meridian of the 18th, when we left for a cruise 
among the islands of the Shumagin group. Communicated with the 
U.S. 8S. Ranger off Mountain Cape, and having received a mail, we 
proceeded on our course; the Ranger was bound for Sand Point. Hav- 
ing made a complete circuit of the southern islands and visited the 
principal harbors, we returned to Sand Point on the evening of the 20th, 
when we met the Ranger and received orders from the senior officer. 
Getting under way again at 4 a.m. on the 22d, an examination was 
made of the southern portion of the group and anchorage was found 
| for the night in Mist Harbor, east side of Nagailsland. It is protected 
on the sea face by two gravel spits, the ends of which slightly overlap, 
| a narrow but deep entrance lying between their extremities. There is 
| little known concerning this snug harbor, and, as we had no chart of 
| it, ahurried reconnaissance was made next morning. Near the head of 
Mist Harbor, and separated from it by a narrow neck of land, is a large 
| bay making in from the northward from 3 to 4 miles deep and about 2 
) miles wide at the entrance. It is not shown on the Coast Survey charts. 
The examination of coasts and harbors of the group was continued 
on the 23d, and we returned to Sand Point in the evening. The seal- 
ing fleet were now leaving for the Japan coast, several being met during 
the day outward bound. We were away again at 2.45 a.m. June 24, 
and came to in Sanborn Harbor three hours later, where we remained 
until the following morning and then returned to Sand Point. 
The naturalists availed themselves of the opportunity to examine the 
region about Sanborn Harbor during the day. The scarcity of land 
birds was soon remarked, and eventually traced to the presence of 
large numbers of foxes. Salmon had not yet commenced to run, and 
the beaches were almost barren of other species of fish. Better sue- 
cess followed the hauling of the seine in the lakes, where many trout 
and flounders were taken, besides other species, one, at least, new to 
science. Although trout were plentiful, the persistent efforts of anglers 
with rod and fly were ineffectual; nothing but salmon roe would tempt 
them. No directions are necessary for entering Sanborn Harbor, except 
to take a mid channel course and keep the lead going when approach- 
ing the anchorage, as the water shoals rather suddenly. The Albatross 
anchored in 10 fathoms with ample swinging room. 
