62 THE LOG OF THE 



afternoon, only once getting in dangerously shallow water. Unfor- 

 tunately the only way we had of telling when we got to Eclipse 

 Harbor was by a picture in the pilot book. The sketch (a very bad 

 one) had been made from a boat approaching from the north. 

 We ran by 3 miles before we made out Castle Mountain, an impor- 

 tant landmark in the picture. They might have mentioned at what 

 angle they made the sketch. We anchored right under Mt. Bache in 

 a place, 1 imagine, the fishermen sometimes use as we saw signs of 

 stones having been moved when we went ashore after supper for 

 water. The real harbor used by the Eclipse expedition is, I think, two 

 or three miles further up the channel behind Anlakivik Island. This 

 anchorage is good enough for anything but a bad northeaster. The 

 evening was absolutely calm. 



Positicm Anchor at Eclipse Harbor 

 Friday, August zyth ■^ Weather Heavy fog 



Wind None 



MUCH to our disappointment we found ourselves buried in fog 

 this morning. Oily reported that at six you could not see 

 the dory. At eight the shore was just visible. We filled two more 

 kegs with water after breakfast and then cleaned up around the 

 decks while Terry patched the skiff so it would float anyway. 



Bob and John tried to seine on a nice little beach at the back of the 

 harbor. All they got was two sea-robins (or sculpins?). Poor Dr. 

 Bigelow will be discouraged with the results of our seining. Almost 

 nothing has been caught since White Bay. For some reason or other 

 there is very little life along these shores. In some places the rocks 

 are not even slippery. We have not seen a single barnacle on rocks 

 exposed at low water. On the other hand the hold-fasts of the 

 kelp come up with a big bunch of barnacles. Woody suggests that 



