408 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
at 4:12 p. m. and ran a line of soundings S. 79° E., 33 miles, in 49, 48, 49, 
50, 55, and 135 fathoms ; N. 31° E., 24 miles, in 137 and 119 fathoms, the 
latter being midway between the Semidi aud Ohirikof Islands. A line 
was then run S. 36° E., 29 miles, sounding in 89, GO, and 96 fathoms, 
and N. 23° E., 20 miles, in 57, 26, and 27 fathoms, terminating 6 miles 
S. 22° E. from the north end of Ohirikof Island. Trial lines were put 
over and codfish taken in abundance. We reached the island early ou 
the morning of the 9th after a night of dense fog, which lifted suffi- 
ciently to allow us to locate the last station by bearings. 
Leaving the island, a line was run S. 34° E., 12 miles, sounding in 
76 and 287 fathoms ; N. 28° E., 32 miles, in 89, 81, 76, 60, and 37 fath- 
oms, terminating S. 17 miles from the IS. end of Tugidak Island. Trial 
lines were put over, resulting in the capture of 47 codfish in a few min- 
utes, the ship drifting rapidly in the meantime. A line was then run 
S. 50° E., 13 miles, sounding in 61, 66, and 159 fathoms gray sand, 
where a successful haul of the trawl was made. Then turning inshore 
we ran a line N. 14° E., 29 miles, in 75, 54, and 28 fathoms, terminating 
4 miles S. 14° W. from Sikhinak Island. 
The fog lifted as we approached the land, giving us a very good view 
of the Trinity Islands. Tugidak and the western portion of Sithinak 
Islands are low and apparently marshy, while the eastern portion of 
the latter is higher. They are surrounded by foul ground, and in the 
absence of proper surveys should be approached with caution. 
Leaving the islands, we ran a line S. 56° E., 30 miles, sounding in 23, 
52, 46, 52, and 88 fathoms ; N. 19° W., 23 miles, sounding at 10 miles 
in 36 fathoms, followed by 45 and 73 fathoms; then N. 74° E., 38 miles, 
sounding at intervals of about 5 miles in 53, 58, 49, 44, 51, 49, and 37 fath- 
oms. Trial lines were put over at the last station and several halibut 
taken. Turning inshore a line was run N. 62° W., 28 miles, sounding in 
61, 37, and 60 fathoms, No. 2854, where a successful haul of the trawl was 
made. Continuing the same course 4 miles we found a depth of 18 
fathoms 3J miles S. 21° E. from Black Point, the south end of Sitkali- 
dak Island. A successful haul of the trawl, No. 2855, was made at the 
entrance to Kiyavak Bay in 69 fathoms, 5 miles N. 62° W. from the 
last station. Two soundings were subsequently taken at 5-mile inter- 
vals on a north course, in 68 and 57 fathoms, the latter off the entrance 
to the Bay of Three Saints. 
Old Harbor to St. Paul , Kadiak . — At 2:05 p. m., August 10, we an- 
chored in 7 fathoms in Old Harbor, latitude 57° IP 00" N., longitude 
153° 13' 00" W., off an Indian village called by the natives Three 
Saints. It lies about 4 miles to the northward of the bay of Three 
Saints, the beautiful harbor of Lisiansky Bay intervening. 
The country surrounding Old Harbor is mountainous, with a narrow 
belt of comparatively level land, ou which the village stands near the 
water. It is covered with a luxuriant growth of grass and flowers 
during summer. Alder bushes grow to greater size than on the islands 
