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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
freeze over iti winter, and the natives travel over them to attend to their traps. They 
claim that they can obtain salmon at any time during the winter through the ice. 
The month of Karlnk River is out of all proportion to the importance of the indus- 
try located near it. Its width at low water is less than 100 feet, and its depth is so 
slight that steam launches drawing only or 4 feet often find it impossible to enter. 
It flows iiarallel to the direction of the beach almost the entire length of the spit 
before it passes into the sea. When it turns to the eastward it widens out into a shal- 
low lagoon nearly 2 miles long and about a half mile wide. Beyond this lagoon it 
contracts within its shallow narrow limits and flows over a long series of rapids. The 
tide rises in the river from 3 to 5 feet, and its influence is felt throughout the lagoon. 
The fresh water begins practically at the rapids, about 2^ miles from the bay. During 
the time of our stay the water was so clear that salmon and trout could be seen on the 
bottom. During freshets, of course, large quantities of soil are brought down, making 
the water turbid, and numerous plants are rooted up and floated to sea by the current. 
The temperature of the water at Karluk and other localities, as recorded by Mr. Stone, 
varied as follows: 
1889. 
August 4 : 
5 p. in 
August 5 : 
7 a. m 
12 noon ... 
6 p. m 
August 6 : 
7 a. m 
12 noon .. 
6 p. m 
August 7 : 
7 a. m 
12 noon . . . 
6 p. m 
August 8 : 
7 a. m 
12 noon . . , 
6 p. m 
August 9: 
7 a. m 
12 noon . .. 
6 p. m 
August 10 ; 
7 a. m 
12 noon . . 
6 p. m 
August 11 ; 
7 a. m 
12 noon .. 
6 p. m 
August 12; 
7 a. m 
12 noon *. 
6 p. m ... 
August 13: 
7 a. m 
12 noon . . 
6 p. m 
August 14 : 
7 a. m 
12 noon .. 
6 p. m 
August 15 ; 
7 a m 
Biaiiuk Bay. 
Kar'.uk 
River. 
Air. 
State of sky. 
o 
0 
o 
52 Tide coming in 
53 
52.5 
Cloudy. 
52 Tide going out 
52.5 
52 
Cloudy. 
52 
55.5 
57 
52 Tide coming in 
52 
53 
51 Tide coming in 
53 
51 
Sunshine.* 
53 
59 
59 
53.5 
54 
59 
51. 5 Nearly low tide 
55 
55 
Sunshine. 
54. 5 Tide ebbing 
56. 5 
60 
Do. 
54. 5 Tide ebbing 
58. 5 
62 
Do. 
51. 5 Tide ebbing 
55.5 
53 
Sunshine.* 
54 High tide 
56 
60 
Do. 
55 Low tide 
60 
62 
Do. 
56. 5 Very low tide 
55 
54 
56 High tide 
65 
58 
56 Low tide 
60 
60 
51. 5 Very low tide 
57 
54 
54 High tide 
54 
54 
54 Low tide 
56 
53.5 
53 Low tide 
53 
62 
54. 5 High tide 
53.5 
62 
54 Low tide 
55.5 
60 
52 Low tide 
54.5 
54 
60 H.ilf flood 
57 
60 
53. 5 Low tide 
57.5 
66 ■ 
50 Low tide 
54 
52 
59 Half flood 
57.5 
66 
51 Half ebb 
53.5 
56 
51. 5 Low tide 
53.5 
52 
53 
54 
54 
52. 5 Half ebb ^ 
56 
51.5 
51 Half ebb 
52.5 
52 
* These temperatures were taken on the beach. The air has been very 'vparm this forenoon, and partly accounts for the 
high temperature of hay. 
