412 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
work. We ran a line N. 67° E., 17 miles, sounding in 200 fathoms; 
then N. 51° W., 63 miles, in 59, 53, 43, 40, 36, and 78 fathoms, at inter- 
vals of about 10 miles, and 68 fathoms, No. 2856, 5 miles further, at the 
end of the line, where a successful haul of the trawl was made. The 
station was occupied at noon ; the latitude was obtained by meridian 
altitude of the sun, the longitude by chronometer, and both verified by 
bearings of the land, all of which showed Marmot Island to be improp- 
erly placed on the Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 702, in accord- 
ance with which its nearest point would be 9 miles distant, yet we could 
see the surf breaking on the beach not more than 5 miles away 
It will be observed that the last two lines vary in depth from sound- 
ings shown on the chart, and seem to indicate the extension of Portlock 
Bank to Cape Greville without the intervening depression so generally 
found in this region near the land. Trial lines were used at Station 
1521 in 36 fathoms, where cod and halibut were taken, the former in 
great abundance. 
Starting soon after noon, a line was run N. 45° E., 18 miles, sounding 
in 41 and 60 fathoms; then S. 52°E., 61 miles, sounding at intervals 
of 10 miles in 56, 61, 102, 114, 113, and 140 fathoms off the eastern 
extremity of the bank. A successful haul of the trawl was made at Sta- 
tion No. 2857 in 51 fathoms, gray sand and black specks. Codfish and 
flounders were taken with the hand lines. The afternoon being clear 
and the sea smooth, we availed ourselves of the unusually favorable 
opportunity to swing ship for compass errors. 
From the end of the last line we ran N. 45° E., 18 miles, sounding 
in 119 and 166 fathoms ; then N. 55° W., 65 miles, in 112, 128, 69, 37, 
37, 50, 99, and 99 fathoms. Trial lines were used at Station No. 1436 in 
37 fathoms, and several codfish taken. The line was completed about 
2 p. m., August 23, when we ran N. 27° E., 19 miles, sounding in 76 
and 97 fathoms. The Chugatz Islands, Point Gore, and the Pye Islands 
were in sight during the afternoon, and cross bearings were taken fre- 
quently to verify our positions. Many snow-capped mountains were 
visible on the mainland, and in Nuka Bay an immense glacier extended 
apparently to the water’s edge. 
From the last station a line was run S. 51° E., 98 miles, sounding in 
84, 105, 69, 67, 84, 90, 84, 77, 98, and 507 fathoms ; N. 56° E., 10 miles, 
in 594 fathoms ; N. 3° W., 10 miles, in 761 fathoms ; and N. 53° W., 10 
miles, in 230 fathoms, where at 11:38 a. in., August 24, we made a suc- 
cessful haul of the trawl, No. 2858. As soon as the haul was completed, 
we ran a lineN. 38° W., 47 miles, sounding at intervals of about 9 miles, 
in 71, 66, 71, 103, and 122 fathoms; S. 56° E., 62 miles, in 118 fathoms 
at 17 miles, and 99, 106, and 902 at equal intervals to the end of the 
line. We then ran N. 20 miles, sounding in 358 and 151 fathoms; S. 62° 
E., 10 miles, in 301 fathoms ; N. 25 miles in 537, 78, and 161 fathoms; 
N. 78° E., 9 miles, in 308 fathoms ; and N. 63° E., 30 miles, in 252, 109? 
and 92 fathoms. 
