6o THE LOG OF THE 



Woody has made a very full collection of this region. He finds it 

 quite different from Nachvak. After supper we hoisted the anchor, 

 badly fouled with kelp and slid down to the anchorage with a full 

 moon rising behind the peaks. 



Position At anchorage in B^yans Bay 

 Wednesday, August z^th <( Weather Cloudy 



Wind Strong northwest 



BART left his camera on the beach at the head of the bay last 

 night. At 4 130 this morning he left in the "Risk" to go back for 

 it. He would not let anyone go with him. About one-third of the 

 way up he stopped to fill up with gas. He added the oil which, since 

 he did not mix it, ran down into the carbureter. Knowing nothing 

 about engines he quickly gave up trying to start it and took to row- 

 ing against a strong head wind. After an hour or two he took to the 

 shore and walked the other five miles to the head of the bay where 

 they had tried to make a fire the night I went in for them with the 

 skiff. He got back to the "Chance" "well druv" about 1 :30 just as 

 I was beginning to be worried. 



Most everyone spent the morning on the "Janie E. Blackwood" 

 helping put away the early morning's catch. Oily and Bob went out 

 with them for the noon hauling of the nets. Oily has taken a great 

 many pictures which I hope will come out. 



In the afternoon Terry and John took a walk during which they 

 killed two ducks but missed an easy shot at a seal because John was 

 not used to my gun. Later Terry and Bob try to seine but it is too 

 rough. The wind comes out of this bay perfectly steadily and I hated 

 to sail along this coast with such shoal water and fierce gusts of 

 wind coming off the hills every few minutes. 



Bart and John went out with the fishermen in the evening. They 

 tried hauling the outside net but the "tide" had fouled it badly. The 



