TWO DIANAS IN ALASKA 47 



by the natives, and are marvellously constructed when 

 it is considered that they are often made with crude 

 ivory needles, and sewn with the sinews of animals 

 in place of thread. 



Robed in these new furs our whole party spent most 

 of the day on deck watching the picturesque scenery 

 as we glided by the innumerable bays and inlets 

 which thickly stud the shores of Kodiak Island. 

 Captain Clemsen told us that if the wind held as 

 favourable as it then was, we should reach our destina- 

 tion ere next morning. Towards evening it got 

 bitterly cold, and we were glad to seek the welcome 

 warmth below decks around the cabin stove. After 

 dinner a rubber of whist whiled away the time until 

 we turned in, and then, having taken a parting 

 glimpse at the stars from the deck, we retired shiver- 

 ing, none of us envying the man at the wheel, nor 

 his attendant look-out watchman in the schooner's 

 bows, nor the untiring captain who seemed to spend 

 most of the hours of the day or night on deck so long 

 as we were in proximity of land. 



Being a remarkably sound sleeper I have only a 

 dim recollection of hearing some unusual noise 

 during the night, which can have been nothing but 

 the running out of the chain as the anchor was 

 dropped, for on being roused next morning by Tom 

 the cabin boy he informed me that we were at anchor 

 in the bay. Hastily dressing, I went on deck. Here 

 the view was magnificent, as the schooner lay calmly 

 in a land-locked bay some five miles long and over a 

 mile in width. Four big valleys debouched into the 



