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estimate. Prof. George Davidson, assistant to the United States 
Coast Survey, in his report on Alaska, states, that in north lati- 
tude 53 deg. 39 min., west lon. 164 deg. to min, in fifty to sixty 
fathoms of water, many cod were caught from his vessel, the 
largest being thirty-seven inches long ; several reached thirty- 
six inches; the finest was thirty-six inches long, twenty-three 
inches girth, and weighed twenty-seven pounds, was very fat, 
etc., etc. Inthe New York Zimes, of July 15th, 1879, is found 
the following extract from the report of Capt. White, of the 
United States Revenue Marine Service, who was on duty in the 
Alaska waters in 1878 : “‘One day when sounding south of Ko- 
diak, wishing to lay in a stock of codfish, ft ordered the sails set 
back, and prepared twenty lines with four or five hooks to each 
line. Puget Sound clams were used as bait, and in two hours 
we caught two hundred and fifty fish weighing thirty to forty 
pounds each.” 
From Dr. A. Kellogg, of San Francisco, surgeon and botanist 
of one of the Coast Survey’s expeditions, I have the following 
memorandum: “I copy from my diary verdatim the very brief 
note made on the spot relative to the cod caught on board the 
‘Lincoln,’ lat. 58 deg. 30 min. north, lon. 164 deg. 30 min. west: 
cod eighteen inches girth, thirty and one-half inches length, four- 
teen and one-half pounds; twenty and one-fourth girth and 
thirty-four inches long, weight twenty to twenty-two pounds ; 
three feet long and twenty-three inches girth, twenty-seven 
pounds.” We were in the harbor of Iliuliuk, Unalashka, from 
the 27th of July to August 3rd, and from October 6th to 18th, 
1880. Between the first two dates we saw native fishermen daily 
bringing in cod for winter use. The fish were caught near the 
village, and were uniformly good-sized, many of them of fifteen 
to twenty pounds in weight at least. Men were sent out from 
the vessel also to supply us with fresh fish. They generally fished 
on the ridge at the entrance to Port Levasheff, and never failed 
to secure a good supply of cod averaging fully twelve pounds. 
In October there was no falling off in the supply, and the size 
was about the same. In deeper water further from the village 
we took larger cod. I find in the notes of Prof. D. S. Jordan 
the following comparison between the Okhostk cod and that of 
