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in almost every cove are grassy flats. Temperature of water, 66° F. The lagoon is 
2 to 4 feet in depth except near the middle channels, where it appears quite deep. 
At its northern end a small fresh -water stream enters, which is the outlet of a 
chain of lakes lying to the northward. From its mouth it extends in a general 
northerly direction for a distance of about 1 mile, with a gentl} r winding course. 
Two hundred yards from the lagoon is a small cascade. The banks are generally 
low and flat near the mouth, rising gradually toward the lake, where the stream 
Sketch of Sar-kar Lake and Stream, Klawak Passage, Prince of Wales Island. 
flows between low bluff's. The bottom is stom r and pebbly, gravelly sometimes in 
the deeper pools, and the water dark brown and not very clear. 
From the head of the stream the first lake extends to the ENE., apparently 
for about one mile, with a width of from one-fourth to one-half mile. The bottom 
is gravelly, the shores low and well wooded with spruce, hemlock, and berry bushes. 
Elevation, 40 feet; temperature, 60° F. The Indians state that there is a system of 
