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hunters from Unalaska; but in 1873 several years had 

 passed since any one had been able to make a landing at 

 the proper season. My own party attempted it unsuc- 

 cessfully in 1872 and 1873." 



Tlie amount of wearing down of the middle peak and 

 consequent lowering of the ridge as a whole between 1873 

 and 1890 may be seen by comparing Ball's sketches (figs. 

 8 and 9) with a photograph taken by the l Albatross,' in 

 1890 (fig. iz). 1 The apparent thickening of the base and 

 bluntness of the summit shown in this photograph are the 

 natural result of the loss of the sharp apex or crest of the 

 ridge. 



In 1884, according to Cantwell, the great north cliff rose 

 almost perpendicularly to a height of 325 feet and was in- 





FIG. 12. OLD AND NEW BOGOSLOF FROM THE SOUTHEAST IN 1890. BEARING 

 NW BY W. FROM PHOTOGRAPH BY U. S. FISH COMMISSION. 



dented at the base, forming a cave-like recess which gave 

 it the appearance of leaning to the north. The face of 

 the cliff at that time is shown in the reproduction of Lieut. 

 Doty's photograph facing page 308 (upper figure). 



On the evening of July 8, 1899, when the Harriman Ex- 

 pedition visited Bogoslof, the fog rested so heavily on the 

 summit that the form of the two highest peaks could not 

 be completely made out (fig. 13), but the lowness of the 

 ridge as a whole, the small size of the northwest peak, and 

 the depth of the notch separating it from the rest of the 

 mass,told too plainly of the rapid wasting going on and fore- 



1 For this and other photographs taken on the Fish Commission steamer 

 ' Albatross ' I am indebted to Mr. Charles H. Townsend. 



