404 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
abrupt termination of tbe bank in that direct : on. Aline was then run 
N. 49° E. 16 miles, with 52, 50, and 44 fathoms, then N. 64° E. 76 miles, 
a depth of 42 fathoms being found 4 miles from the last station, increas- 
ing irregularly to 72 fathoms about midway between the Sannakhs and 
the Shumagins, then shoaling to 21 fathoms, broken shells, at the end 
of the line, 2 miles N. 34° W. from the center of Bird Island, No. 2850, 
where the trawl and trial lines were put over. A successful haul was 
made with the former, but, for the first time since our arrival among the 
Aleutian Islands, we failed to take fish of any kind with the hand lines. 
Another successful haul was made in 35 fathoms, gray sand, broken 
shells, No. 2851, 4 miles N. 48° W. from the last station, and, running 
3£ miles N. 40° W., the trial lines were put over in 25 fathoms, gray 
sand, two sculpins only being taken. The station was midway between 
the Twins and Near Island. A depth of 27 fathoms was found 3 miles 
N. 22° E. from the last station ; then running S. 78° E. 5 miles, we found 
26 fathoms ; thence N. 40° E. 4 miles, to 37 fathoms, gray sand and 
broken shells, when the trial lines were again put over and one halibut 
taken. 
Our experience during the day demonstrated the absence of cod in 
Augustin a region in which they are fouud in great numbers at other 
seasons of the year ; in fact, it is one of the favorite fishing grounds 
during the winter. 
The last station was at the southern entrance of the strait between 
Spectacle and Big Koniushi Islands. After steaming through an appar- 
ently clear passage we found 57 fathoms in midchannel, abreast of the 
north end of Spectacle Island, N. 20° E., 4 miles from the last station, 
and 39 fathoms 4 miles N. 10° W., the north end of Peninsula Island 
bearing N. 80° E. 1£ miles. A successful haul of the trawl was made 
5f miles N. 20° E. from the last station in 58 fathoms, black sand, 
Cape Thompson bearing S. 76° E., 5 miles. We then steamed through 
the passage between the latter cape and Castle Rock, sounding in 23 
fathoms about midchannel; then following along the east side of Big 
Koniushi, we anchored in Yukon Harbor at 6:50 p. m. 
Several inaccuracies were observed in the U. S. Coast and Geodetic 
Survey Chart No. 816, and among the more important may be men- 
tioned the following : 
(1) Spectacle Island is about 3 miles in length, high and rounded at 
both ends and connected by a narrow strip of low land near the cen- 
ter. A deep bight on the east side aud a prominent point projecting to 
the westward give it the general form of a pair of spectacles, from 
which it derives its name. 
(2) Peninsula Island is placed N. 35° E. about 2£ miles from its cor- 
rect position. It lies directly midchannel of the strait, and is, in fact, 
the projection shown on the west side of Big Koniushi. A low spit 
makes oft* from the east side of the former, but there is a passage 
between the two islands. 
