EXPEDITION TO POINT B ARROW, ALASKA. 



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tifnl valleys, watered by streams that abound in excellent trout. They were destitute of timber, 

 but we could see no reason why they should not be valuable, as ^raxing lands. The climate is 

 similar to that of Ireland, and iuaboiitthe same latitude; the lowest recorded temperature in seven 

 years is G P., and the annual mean is. 



The great Japan current gives to these islands a climate peculiarly mild and equitable for so 

 high a latitude, and I think a careful geological and geographical survey would develop valuable 

 resources. 







II. 



APPROXIMATE CENSUS OF ESKIMOS AT Tin: CAIT, .'- M/ 1 Til I" riU.Adi:. 

 [Bach brace includes one household. A dash indicate.-* that \\w IM ison's uanio was not obtained.) 



H. Ex. 4-1 



