TO kotzebue's sound. 2'21 



ing. I do not doubt, that there was a river 

 between the high mountains, which the shoals, 

 however, would not permit us to investigate. In 

 the back ground of the eastern part of Eschscholtz 

 Bay, a ridge of high mountains rises. The ebb 

 continues only seven, and the flood five hours ; 

 the water rises to six feet at full moon, is at the 

 highest at six o'clock in the afternoon; and the cur- 

 rent runs a mile and three quarters during the ebb, 

 and during the flood, one mile and a quarter in an 

 hour ; a difference which is probably occasioned by 

 the melting ice. The ebb and flood change regu- 

 larly. The current sets with more violence out tlian 

 in, and sometimes runs two knots. During the 

 high storm from the south-east, on the 8th of Au- 

 gust, the barometer stood at 30.00 inches. 



August 10th. My intention of leaving the bay at 

 day-break was disappointed by the rain, and so 

 gloomy an atmosphere that no land was to be 

 seen. At four o'clock in the afternoon, it was 

 clearer, and we left Eschscholtz Bay with a fresh S. 

 S.E. wind. I now wished to examine the land in the 

 south ; we therefore directed our course thither, and 

 cast anchor when it grew dark, partly not to miss 

 any bending of the coast, and partly to continue the 

 survey the next morning. The land in the S. lay at 

 a distance of seven miles before us : the depth was 

 seven fathoms over a clayey bottom. Chamisso 

 Island lay to the N.E. 41°, eighteen miles and a 

 half. A high and remarkable mountain, the sum- 



