SALMON FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 



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Karluk Lake. 



Water. 



Air. 



Remarks. 



August 18 : 



o 











50 

 51.5 













August 19: 











50 



47 

 55 







Cloudy. 





54.5 



53 



August 20 : 













36.5 





9.30 a. m 



55 



65 





10. 30 a. m 





77 



The hottest yet on the island. A beautiful 

 bright, warm, sunshiny day. At 5 a. m. Mr. 









August 21 : 







Lewis found the temperature to be 35.5°. 



4. 30 a m 



48.5 



30.5 



A beautiful, faultless morning. 



August -2 (Barabara on Karluk River) : 







6 a. m 



48.5 



50.5 





The foregoing temperatures were taken with thermometer 6801, which was left here by Mr. Stone. The temperatures 

 which follow wei e taken with thermometer 6802. 



August 27, 6 p. in., Karluk Bay, 52°; Karluk River, 53.5°; air, 56°; fair. August 28, 7 a. m., 

 Karluk Bay, 50°; Karluk River, 51.5°; air, 53°; cloudy; 12 noon, Karluk Bay, 51°; Karluk River, 

 51°; air, 54°; cloudy; 6 p. m., Karluk Bay, 50.5; Karluk River, 50.5°; cloudy. August 29,7 a. ni., 

 Karluk Bay, 50.5° ; Karluk River, 48° ; air, 52°; fair. August 30, Afognak, very stormy and windy; 

 6 p. in., bay 49.5° ; air, 49.5°. August 31, Afognak, rain-storm ; 7 a. m., bay, 54.5° ; 12 noou, bay, 49.5°; 

 air, 52° ; 6 p. m., bay 49.5° ; 8 p. ni., air, 47.°. September 1, Afognak, clear ; 7 a. m., bay, 47.5° ; air, 

 47.5°; noon, bay, 56°, air, 60°; 6 p. in., bay, 51.5°, air, 53°. Lituik River, 10 a. m., bay, 47.5°: village, 

 49.5 C ; dam, 50°; clear. September 2, Afognak, 7 a. m., bay, 49.5°; air, 47° ; clear; noon, bay, 53°; 

 air, 58° ; cloudy ; 6 p. m., bay, 52° ; air, 53° ; cloudy. September 3, Uyak Bay, on steamer Aleut, 6 p. 

 m., air, 47.5° ; rainy; 9 p. m., air, 45 c ; rainy. September 4, Uyak Bay, on steamer Aleut, 7 a. m., air, 

 46°; fair; noou, air, 51° ; fair ; 6 p. m., air, 50° ; fair. September 5, 7 a. m., Karluk Bay, 47° ; Kar- 

 luk River, 46° ; air, 43°. 



Annual rain-fall at St. Paul, Kadiak. 



Inches. 



1885 65.70 



1886 54.25 



1887 61.06 



1888 64.96 



245. 97 



Average 61.49 



In December and January the rain-fall is usually greatest. In September it is 

 pretty heavy. Snow comes down on the west side of the mountains in summer to within 

 about 500 feet of the sea-level. 



During the time of our stay at Karluk there were no obstructions, either natural 

 or artificial, to the ascent of the salmon in the river, unless we may regard the low 

 summer stage of the water in such a light. There were remains of some traps of 

 wire netting which had been placed in the river by certain parties, but these traps 

 did not remain long in the water before they were destroyed by some of the fisher- 

 men. In former years there have been impassable barriers to the ascent of the fish, 

 but these were removed before the date of our exploration. It is certain that the 



