EXPLANATION OF PLATE III 



MOUNT SHISHALDIX 



Mount Shishaldin is an active volcano nearly 9,000 feet high and 

 of unusual symmetry, rivalling Fugiyama, the sacred mountain of 

 Japan, in the beauty of its curves. It has never been visited bv a 

 geographer and is not known to have been ascended. Unimak, the 

 island on which it stands, is a continuation of Alaska Peninsula, being 

 separated only by a narrow strait. Like the rest of the Aleutian chain, 

 it lies between Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. 



Both views were taken by parties of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission, the lower from Bering Sea in 1890, the upper from the Pacific 

 in 1897. 



