﻿[5] 
  WORK 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOOKOUT. 
  101 
  

  

  to 
  erect 
  a 
  wharf 
  and 
  clear 
  the 
  channel 
  of 
  sea-weed, 
  in 
  which 
  work 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  and 
  crew 
  were 
  engaged 
  till 
  the 
  10th, 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  finished, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  11 
  th 
  left 
  Saint 
  Jerome 
  Station 
  and 
  went 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  where 
  we 
  

   took 
  in 
  coal 
  on 
  the 
  12th. 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  11 
  left 
  Baltimore 
  bound 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station, 
  with 
  As- 
  

   sistant 
  Commissioner 
  Ferguson 
  on 
  board, 
  but 
  on 
  reaching 
  Sassafras 
  

   River 
  we 
  were 
  compelled 
  to 
  turn 
  back 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  quantity 
  

   of 
  ice 
  in 
  the 
  bay, 
  and 
  so 
  we 
  returned 
  to 
  Baltimore, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Ferguson 
  left 
  

   the 
  vessel. 
  Oa 
  the 
  15th 
  made 
  a 
  second 
  attempt 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  station, 
  

   but 
  after 
  getting 
  within 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  it 
  were 
  obliged 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  Balti- 
  

   more. 
  Ou 
  the 
  18th 
  made 
  another 
  trial, 
  and 
  anchored 
  for 
  the 
  night 
  near 
  

   the 
  station, 
  the 
  channel 
  being 
  still 
  full 
  of 
  ice 
  ; 
  but 
  ou 
  the 
  19th 
  reached 
  

   the 
  station 
  without 
  difficulty, 
  the 
  tide 
  having 
  taken 
  out 
  the 
  ice 
  during 
  

   the 
  night. 
  

  

  We 
  hauled 
  the 
  vessel 
  into 
  the 
  basin, 
  moored 
  her 
  with 
  chains 
  15 
  feet 
  

   from 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  secured 
  the 
  boats 
  on 
  shore, 
  mirove 
  run- 
  

   ning 
  gear, 
  and 
  otherwise 
  prepared 
  the 
  vessel 
  for 
  winter-quarters. 
  On 
  

   December 
  21 
  hauled 
  fires 
  on 
  main 
  boiler, 
  blew 
  it 
  down, 
  disconnected 
  all 
  

   pipes 
  in 
  danger 
  of 
  freezing, 
  and 
  moved 
  crew 
  from 
  vessel 
  to 
  quarters 
  ou 
  

   shore 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  provided 
  for 
  them 
  by 
  instructions 
  of 
  Assistant 
  

   Commissioner 
  Ferguson. 
  Such 
  was 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  things 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  geographical 
  miles 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  9,887, 
  

   and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  revolutions 
  of 
  the 
  engine 
  was 
  8,524,231. 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  Steamer 
  Lookout, 
  

  

  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  Md., 
  June 
  26, 
  1886. 
  

  

  