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12. Map 39. Carte della Parte della Costa Nord- 

 OUEST Dell' America. The object of this map was chiefly 



to show Vancouver's recent surveys. 

 109 Upon it the word Parte della Costa Mord- attest 



deW America extends along the land from the longi- 

 tude of Kadiak southward to latitude 39°. 



The part of the coast actually included in the Map ex- 

 tends from latitude 30° northward and westward continu- 

 ously to a point beyond Kadiak Island. 



13. "Journal d'un Voyage autour du Monde, 1816-19." iS23. 

 Eoquefeuil. Paris, 1823. 



Contains Carte de la Cote ISTord-ouest d'Amerique. 



This Map, relating specially to the north-west coast, 

 includes the coast continuously from latitude 34° 30' to 

 Kadiak Island and the adjacent mainland coast to the west 

 of that island. 



14. Carte de la Cote de l'Ami^irique, par M. Dutlot isi^, 

 de Morfas. 1844. 



On this map Cote N'ord-ovest de VAmeriqiie is engraved, 

 running to seaward of that part of the coast from about 

 60° to the Strait of Fuca. 



15. North-west Coast OF America. United States 

 Coast Survey. Benjamin Peirce, Superintendent. 1868. 



Sheets 1 to 3. These include the coast continuously from 

 the vicinity of the Strait of Fuca (sheet 1) to some dis- 

 tance west of Kadiak and Seven Islands (sheet 3), ending 

 to the Avestward between the 157tli and 158th meridians, 

 and showing the eastern part of Bristol Bay. 



16. In the " United States Pacific Coast Pilot." Alaska, i^sa. 

 Part I, 1883, p. 237. 



"List of Charts issued by the United States Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey," &c. 



Under the title of Sailing Charts, North-west Coast 

 OF America, is found, No. 4. Chirikoff Island to 

 NuNiVAK. Tiiis particular Chart is entered as "in pre]>a- 

 ration," but its title carries the term "north-west coast" 

 up to or beyond latitude 60°, icithin Behriug Sea. 



4. — On the Depth of Behring Sea, and its Con- 

 nection WITH THE Basin of the Pacific. 



It would appear that, in the geographical sketch con- 

 tained in the United States Case, it is endeavoured to con- 

 vey the idea that Behring Sea is marked off from other 

 parts of the Pacific Ocean in being distinctively a shallow 

 body of water. Thus we read : 



A peculiar feature of Bering Sea is the extensive bank of soundings 

 ■whi<'li stretches oft' for 250 or more niilca from the American coast, 

 reudering the easterly portion of the sea very shallow. 



And further: 



The Charts show that throughout one-third of the sea the dc])th of 

 the water does not generally exceed 50 fathoms, and they also show 

 that the average depth of the whole sea is very considerably less than 

 that of the adjoining sea. 



Here, again, the statement as made must be regarded as 



