INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALBATROSS. 
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down the back, leaving the head and backbone attached, which causes 
the fish to rust very quickly. This method of preparation undoubtedly 
retards their sale in the markets ; if cured like cod, or even mess mack- 
erel, this delicious fish would be in far greater demand. 
June 18, while at anchor in Port Orchard Bay, Puget Sound, we 
made several hauls with the seine, securing among other species a small 
quantity of herring. 
REPORT OF ENSIGrN MARBURY JOHNSTON, U. S. N., NAVIGATOR. 
During the year ending June 30, 1889, the cruising of the Albatross 
has been comprised between the parallels of 17° and 59° north latitude 
and the meridians of 110° and 167° west longitude. The following table 
gives the number of days under way, together with the distances run 
and the object of each trip : 
Dates. 
Miles. 
July 4 to July 8.. 
739 
July 9 
79 
July 11 to July 23.. 
1,961 
July 28 to July 31.. 
417.5 
Aug. 2 to Aug. 10.. 
1,012 
Aug. 12 to 14 
266.5 
Aug. 21 to Sept. 3 . . 
1, 780. 5 
Sept. 5 to Sept. 6 . . . 
139 
Sept. 17 to Sept. 26 . 
851.5 
Sept. 29 to Sept. 30 . 
149.5 
Oct. 4 . 
38 
Oct. 6 
35 
Oct. 7 
75 
Oct. 10 to Oct. 14 ... 
531.4 
Oct. 18 to Oct. 21 . . . 
575. 5 
Jan. 3 to Jan 10 
546.4 
Jan. 15 to Jan. 19. .. 
344.8 
Jan. 23 to Jan. 26... 
303. 1 
Feb. 4 to Feb. 9 
384.6 
Feb. 11 to Feb. 14.. 
249.9 
Feb. 26 to Mar. 4... 
936 
Mar. 6 to Mar. 8 — 
241.5 
Mar. 10 to Mar. 12. . 
385.6 
Mar. 16 to Mar. 21.. 
303.4 
Mar. 23 to Mar. 30. . 
679.3 
Mar. 31 to Apr. 3 . . 
270.9 
Apr. 6 to Apr. 8 
338. 7 
Apr. 9 to Apr. 11. .. 
272.5 
Apr. 12 to Apr. 14.. 
,345. 5 
Apr. 22 to Apr. 25. . 
454 
May 21 to May 25. . 
813.5 
May 26 to May 27.. 
70. 
May 29 
33. 
May 30 
38. 
June 6 to June 10.. 
628. 
June 13to June 15. . 
338. 
June 18 to Junel9.. 
22.5 
June 24 
38 
June 27 to June 30.. 
437 
168 days 
17, 124. 6 
Object. 
San Francisco, Qal-j to Esquimalt, British Columbia. 
Esquimalt to Departure Bay, British Columbia. 
Departure Bay to TTnalaska, sounding and dredging. 
Unalaska to Popof Island, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Popof Island to Old Harbor, Kadiak Island, sounding, dredging, and 
fishing. 
Old Harbor to St. Paul, Kadiak, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
St. Paul to Departure Bay, British Columbia, sounding, dredging, and 
fishing. 
Departure Bay to Seattle, Wash., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Seattle to Barclay Sound, British Columbia, sounding, dredging, and 
fishing. 
Barclay Sound to Seattle, Wash., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Seattle, Wash., to Port Townsend, Wash. 
Port Townsend, Wash., to Victoria, British Columbia. 
Victoria to Departure Bay, British Columbia. 
Departure Bay to Astoria, Oregon, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Astoria to San Francisco, Cal., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
San Francisco to San Diego, Cal., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Sounding, dredging, and fishing 
Sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
San Diego to Clarion Is! and, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Clarion Island to Socorro Island, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Socorro Island to Pichilinque Bay, Lower California, sounding, dredg- 
ing, and fishing. 
Pichilinque Bay to Guaymas, Mex., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Cruising in Gulf of California, sounding, dredging, and fisbing. 
Guaymas to La Paz, Lower California, sounding, dredging and fish- 
ing. 
La Paz to Magdalena Bay, Lower California, sounding, dredging, 
and fishing. 
Magdalena Bay to San Bartolome Bay, sounding and dredging. 
Bartolome Bay to San Diego, Cal., sounding and dredging. 
San Diego, Cal., to San Francisco, Cal. 
San Francisco, Cal., to Departure Bay, British Columbia. 
Departure Bay to Victoria, British Columbia. 
Victoria to Port Townsend, Wash. 
Port Townsend to Seattle, Wash. 
Seattle to Astoria, Oreg., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Astoria to Seattle, Wash., sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Cruising in Puget Sound, sounding, dredging, and fishing. 
Seattle to Port Townsend, Wash. 
Port Townsend to Departure Bay, sounding and dredging. 
The total number of days at sea was 168, and the distance traveled 
17,124.6 miles. During this time 965 soundings were taken, of which 
number 237 were also dredging stations. 
