INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALBATROSS. 2AY9 
vide is 50 feet high, and mountain ranges rise a few miles back. The 
coal measures are found between Mine Harbor and the head of Port 
Miller. Doe Point is 40 feet in height, while the rest of Deer Island 
and the mainland south and west of it is generally lower. The southern 
shores of Herendeen Bay are mountainous, with intervening valleys, 
the whole face of the country being covered with rank grass and wild 
flowers during the summer months; but there is no timber except oc- 
casional small poplars, alder bushes, and willows. Fresh winds with 
fog and mist blow across the low divides from the Pacific, obscuring the 
sun and greatly increasing the rainfall in Port Mller and vicinity. 
The region is uninhabited except by men employed at the coal mine, 
yet bears and reindeer were plentiful and the waters teemed with 
salmon. There are no large fresh-water streams entering the bay, 
however, which probably accounts for the absence of Eskimos. 
Port Méller to the Kuskokwim River.—The coast is low for 19 miles 
between Entrance Point.and Cape Kutuzof, which rises in a rounded 
bluff to an elevation of 150 feet. 
Cape Seniavin, 11 miles to the northward and eastward, is a rocky 
point 75 feet in height. Passing it, the low monotonous beach continues 
to the Seal Islands, a cluster of small hillocks near the beach, 12 miles: 
from Cape Seniavin, being the only exception. The Seal Islands are 
composed of several small islets, but little above high water, strung 
along the coast for about 10 miles. Thence to Cape Strogonof the land 
continues very low. 
Port Haiden is said to be a good harbor, but we did not examine it. 
Should a survey show it to be safe it will prove a great convenience to 
vessels employed on the northern part of Baird Bank. The approach 
to Port Haiden will be recognized by high, bold headlands which rise 
from its northern shore. Chestakof Island, low and crescent-shaped, 
forms the seaward side of the harbor, the channel lying between its 
northern extremity and a reef which makes out from the land. The 
same low coast extends to Cape Menchikof in nearly a direct line, the 
high land of Port Haiden gradually receding from the coast. 
The Ugashik or Sulima River lies to the northward of Cape Mench- 
ikof and has been reported navigable for several miles by vessels of 14 
feet draft. The schooner Pearl enters the river, but her captain reports 
a wide bar having intricate channels, strong currents, and usually a 
heavy swell. Ten feet is about all that can be carried in with safety. 
Once inside it is reported to be a good harbor, but it can hardly be 
considered available for the ordinary purposes of fishing vessels. 
Cape Grey, a bluff 243 feet in height, and a peculiar-notched moun- 
tain some distance inland, are good landmarks for the river. The low 
coast continues from the cape to the Ugaguk River, and thence to the 
Naknek River, with hardly a distinguishing feature except Johnston 
Hill, a solitary elevation 5 miles from the beach and about 93 miles 
S. $ E. from the mouth of the Naknek. The coast sweeps in a graceful 
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