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six yards, where he remained in a heap till the end of the 

 contest. The end was not long in coming, as the little mate 

 soon gave his opponent all he wanted. Afterwards, as no one 

 seemed inclined to accept the captain's friendly offer that any 

 other man who was " looking for trouble " could have a go at 

 him, we went aloft once more. Glyn and Little were quite 

 sorry to have missed this little diversion when told of it after- 

 wards, since it was about the only amusing event on the 

 whole trip. 



• At Unga we landed a few of the pugnacious passengers, 

 and sailing again that evening reached Chignik the next 

 afternoon. There we went ashore and spent an hour 

 watching the men working in the salmon cannery, which was 

 still operating at full swing. 



Next day the Newport called at two places, Cold Bay on 

 the mainland, and Uyak Cannery on Kodiak Island. The 

 first place promises to be ere long a great oil-field, and from 

 all accounts the various parties now working on different 

 claims near the shore are daily and hourly expecting to strike 

 oil in large quantities. 



At Uyak we were informed that some natives had been 

 there a few days previously with a small Kodiak bear-cub 

 which they had offered to sell for a few dollars, but failing to 

 find a purchaser, they had let it escape again. Had we seen 

 this cub I should have bought it to present to the Regent's 

 Park Zoo. On the following morning we found ourselves 

 once more alongside the familiar wharf at Kodiak. Our 

 friend Mr. Goss was on the quay when we arrived, and soon 

 posted us in all the local news. The good ship Alice, with 

 her owner Folstad, was away on some prospecting expedition. 

 Here also we found the steamer Tyonook, which was running 

 up and down Cook's Inlet and was due at Saldovia in four or 



