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the lead showed favorable bottom, and the trawl developed a varied 
and abundant fauna, such as we usually found on cod banks in Bering 
Sea. Very few fish were taken, however, until we reached the vicinity 
of Chernofisky, where cod and halibut were plentiful. Prospects were 
so favorable that I am inclined to think fish would be found there at 
certain seasons, if not the year round, and, should it ever become a 
fishing-ground, there will be no Jack of safe and convenient harbors, 
for the west coast of Unalaska from Cape Makushin to Chernoffsky is 
a series of deep bays, some of them almost bisecting theisland. Cher- 
nofisky Bay is easy of approach and one of the most secure harbors in 
Bering Sea. The only direction necessary in entering is to keep a 
midchannel course. The village of the above name is situated on a 
narrow neck of land between the harbor and the sea, and is conspicu- 
ous when passing along the coast. The Greek church, store, and resi- 
dence of the Alaska Commercial Company’s agent are frame buildings, 
and the native population, 46 souls, live in barabaras. ‘The men, like 
those of the other villages on the island, are hunters, and were away 
on their summer cruise at the time of our visit. 
The examination having been completed to the northeast end of 
Umnak, a line of dredgings was run thence to the vicinity of Cape 
Cheerful in from 100 to 690 fathoms with satisfactory results, although 
the rough bottom was frequently destructive to the nets. 
We returned to Hliuliuk on the evening of August 21 after an inter- 
esting and successful trip. The search for cod banks in Unalaska Bay 
was resumed the following day, which was unusually clear and pleas- 
ant. The region from Ulakhta Head to Elder Point was carefully 
examined, and the examination was extended to Broad and Nateekin 
bays without developing anything that could be called a fishing-bank 
Near the shores, however, particularly on the west side of the bay, cod 
were plentiful and halibut were fairly abundant. These shore fisheries 
will supply the local demand indefinitely, but nothing more. There 
was a large school of finback whales feeding in Broad Bay, during the 
day, which paid but little attention to us, simply moving out of the 
way or diving under the ship when we approached them. On one occa- 
sion the same school was seen playing around a whaler, but no atten- 
tion was paid tothem. Nothing but merchantable bone will tempt the 
- modern whaleman. We returned to port the same evening. 
Hydrographic information—Bristol Bay may be said to include all 
that part of Bering Sea lying east of a line drawn from the Northwest 
Cape of Unimak to the Kuskokwim River. The island of Unimak and 
the Alaska Peninsula bound it on the east and separate it from the 
Pacific Ocean. The Naknek River is at the head of deep-water navi- 
gation, while the bay itself terminates in the Kvichak River, a few 
miles to the northward. The region about the Nushagak River, Kulu- 
kak Bay, and the Kuskokwim forms its northwest boundary. 
The shore lines are usually low and without distinctive features, but 
high mountain ranges and voleanic cones extend along the central parts 
