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and the shore parties were then picked up. The shore 

 work in Columbia Bay, chiefly on Columbia Glacier, oc- 

 cupied three days (June 25-28); that in Harriman Fiord 

 three days (June 27-29). The ship touched also at copper 

 prospects on Landlocked Bay, Virginia Bay and Latouche 

 Island. 



Continuing westward (June 30) the vessel touched at 

 Homer, and at night left a shore party in Kukak Bay, on 

 Alaska Peninsula. This party contained no geologist, 

 but one of its members, Mr. Saunders, made a valuable 

 collection of fossil plants. The following morning a 

 hunting party was left in Uyak Bay, Kadiak Island, and 

 the vessel then proceeded to Kadiak village, where it 

 remained four days. During this period there was much 

 exploration of the vicinity. Palache made an excursion 

 up English Bay, and Emerson visited Woody Island. 

 The parties left at Kukak and Uyak bays were then picked 

 up, and the westward course was resumed. The next 

 stop (July 7) was at Popof Island, one of the Shumagin 

 group, where a collecting party was left, and Palache 

 availed himself of this opportunity for effective shore 

 work. We then continued westward to Dutch Harbor 

 (July 8), and turned northward across Bering Sea. A 

 very brief landing was made the same day on Bogoslof 

 Island; some hours were spent (July 9) on St. Paul Is- 

 land; the coast of Plover Bay, Siberia, was visited (July 

 u); and landings were made on the great spit and the 

 mainland at Port Clarence (July 12). Returning south- 

 ward, we touched at St. Lawrence Island (July 13), gave 

 several hours each to Hall and St. Matthew islands (July 

 14 and 15), and reached Dutch Harbor July 17. 



Continuing thence the homeward voyage, we touched 

 at Popof Island (July 18), to pick up the party left there 

 eleven days earlier, and the same evening sent a launch 

 to the mainland for Palache. During our absence Palache 



