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lakes and sloughs extending a very long distance, and that there is another outlet to 
this system on the other side of the island. It is said that the salmon do not spawn 
in the lower but ascend to the upper series of lakes. Redfish were just beginning to 
run and a few were seen jumping in the lagoon outlet. 
Sar-Kar stream is fished by Mr. Fred Brockman, who has liv ed here many years. 
All the fish that are called for are sold fresh to the cannery at Klawak, and the 
remainder are salted. This stream was referred to in my report of 1897, p. 116, to 
which further reference is made, but it was not visited at that time. The examination 
was made by Ensign Hepburn on June 15 and 16. 
The value of this stream, under average conditions, is from 18,000 to 20,000 
redfish per season. The following is the available stream record of fish taken: 
Year. 
Redfish. 
Cohoes. 
Dates. 
Number. 
Dates. 
Number. 
1887 
1888 
July 3 to Aug. 4 
June 28 to July 11 
6, 476 
6,834 
Aug. 7 to Sept. 8 
14,528 
1889 
1890 
July 3 to Aug. 30 
11,555 
16, 267 
15, 331 
9,033 
4.700 
1891. 
Julie 23 to Aug. 21 
35i 033 
24,024 
Aug. 19 to Sept. 10 
1892 
June 24 to Aug. 19 
July 27 to August 23 
1893 
1894 
1895 
June 24 to July 30 
July 7 to Aug. 2 
9, 797 
12, 678 
11,636 
July 21 to Sept. 4 
3, 830 
1896 
20| 480 
21, 667 
24, 974 
Aug. 2 to Sept. 2 
9,643 
1897 
8’ 207 
1898 
June 20 to Aug. 18 
Aug. 16 to Sept. 6 
10,423 
1899 
36,000 
26, 021 
Aug. l.j to Sept. 8 
7, 000 
1900. . 
Aug. 14 to Sept. 16 
12, 000 
Average weight of redfish, 51 pounds; of cohoes, 9 pounds; of humpbacks, 31 pounds. 
FRED BROCKMAN SALTERY. 
This saltery is located on the northern side of Sar-Kar Inlet and consists of two 
small buildings on piling, each 25 feet by 40 feet, and a cooper shop. There are 14 
tanks of 20 barrels capacity each. All the redfish and most of the cohoes are sold 
fresh to the Klawak cannery, which calls on alternate days, so that all the salting 
done here in recent years has been in cohoes and humpbacks. It is estimated that 
the saltery has a capacity of 200 half-barrels of redfish, 360 half-barrels of cohoes, 
and 120 half-barrels of humpbacks, but this total has never been reached here. 
Transportation is through the Klawak cannery. The salting from 1889 to 1898 has 
averaged less than 100 barrels a year. Salted 50 half-barrels of whole humpbacks'and 
150 half-barrels of humpback bellies in 1898; 250 half-barrels of humpback bellies 
in 1899, and 250 half-barrels of humpback bellies in 1900. 
Most of the humpbacks used at the saltery are taken at a stream about 7 miles 
to the northward of Sar-Kar, on Kosciusko Island, known as Tok-Hene, which has 
a capacity of about 80,000 humpbacks. A few cohoes are obtained from a stream 
known as Sar-Hene, on Klawak Passage, about 8 miles below the saltery. 
KOOK (basket) BAY, STREAM, AND LAKE. 
Kook, or Basket, Bay is a narrow indentation or inlet about 1 mile in length, 
extending into the eastern side of Chichagof Island and opening upon Chatham Strait 
about 11 miles to the northward of Point Hayes. At the head of the bay is the mouth 
of a stream, the outlet to a lake, which carries a few redfish. It was examined by 
Ensign Miller on June 19. This stream Hows from the lake in a general ENE. direc- 
