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5 WORK OF THE STEAMER ALBATROSS. 313 
The mail steamer Orescent City was found at Sand Point on our 
return, but brought no additional orders. The U.S, 8. Mohican, flag- 
ship of the Bering Sea fleet, arrived about noon June 25, followed a 
few hours later by H. b. M.S. Garnet and U.S. revenue cutter Rush, 
the latter short of coal. We gave her 40 tons from our bunkers. 
At 5.30 p.m. June 26 we left for a second cruise to the westward. 
_Although it was clear in the harbor there were unmistakable evidences 
of thick weather outside, and arriving off Delarof Harbor we ran into 
-adense fog which was carried with short intervals to Unalaska, where we 
arrived at 8.45 p.m. June 27. Seals were plentiful from the Sannaks 
‘to Unimak Pass. Coaled ship on the 28th, taking 167 tons. Dressed 
ship with the British flag at the main in honor of coronation day, hav- 
ing been invited to join in its celebration by Captain Huntingford, of 
|H.B. M.S. Nymphe, which was lying at anchor in the harbor. 
We were under way again at 7 p. m., and finding the passes blocked 
‘with fog took the Bering Sea side of the Aleutian Islands to Amukta 
| Pass, through which we entered the Pacific. Fog met us off Cape 
~Makushin, and with momentary intervals continued until we arrived in 
the Bay of Waterfalls, at 7.30 p.m. July 1. This beautiful bay takes 
its name from numerous streams which fall into it from the surrounding 
‘heights. A plentiful supply of pure fresh water from the snow-capped 
‘mountains, an ample store of driftwood—with which the beaches are 
 lined—and its isolated situation, remote from the usual cruising grounds 
of the Bering Sea patrol fleet, made it the most desirable point west of 
the Shumagins for the sealing fleet to rendezvous. We found no ves- 
sels in the bay, but the remains of recent driftwood fires on the beach 
gave sufficient evidence of late visitors. 
Three schooners were boarded off the bay a few days later, when the 
fog lifted, all bound in for water, and as they were among the last of 
the fleet destined for the Japan coast, it is more than probable that it 
-had earlier been a port of call for vessels that did not rendezvous at 
‘Sand Point or touch at some other place farther to the eastward. 
The Albatross was in latitude 51° 39’ N., longitude 172° 22’ W., at 
‘midnight June 30 (at which time this feu properly closes), cruising 
on patrol duty under orders of the senior officer commanding the U nited 
States naval force in Bering Sea, the vessel having been temporarily 
‘transferred to the Navy Department May 13 for that purpose. 
The first two months of the fiscal year were employed in seal investi- 
gations under the general direction of the Treasury Department, and the 
‘following eight months were spent at the navy-yard, Mare Island, put- 
ting in new boilers and making general repairs to hull and machinery. 
‘In this connection I wish to acknowledge the admirable facilities 
accorded us by the commandant and heads of departments, which 
enabled us to effect thorough and extensive repairs at moderate cost. 
The scientific apparatus is in good working order, the mechanical 
appliances having been thoroughly overhauled while general repairs 
‘were in progress. The Tanner intermediate tow-net and improv ed 
dredging quadrant were the only*additions of importance. 
