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weight is from to 4 pounds. On account of the pale color the humpback is not in 
favor, and in fact is considered a nuisance in salmon districts, yet it is used for salt 
bellies, and makes up the pack on short runs of other species. In my opinion, it is an 
excellent fish and will only be justly appreciated when the redfish become scarce. 
Dog salmon run from August 1 to October 1, and are not used in this section. 
When the Hunter Bay cannery was built, in 1890, the field was comparatively new 
with the exception of the stream at Hetta, which had been fished for years by the 
Klawak cannery. The other streams supplied the Miller salteries, and as they were 
acquired by the Pacific Steam Whaling Company the field was clear. The fisheries 
were conducted entirely by the cannery fishermen with cannery gear, and the product 
was received at the cannery at very little expense. It is said that the output for 
1896 paid largely for the jilaut. In 1897 some fish were purchased at the rate of $6 
per 100 for redfish and 50 cents per 100 for humpbacks. 
In 1897 the strong opposition of cannery interests brought a competitor into this 
field. During our visit a saltery was in process of construction in Hunter Bay by the 
Alaska Packers’ Association, as a branch to their Boring cannery. It is on the 
southern shore of the bay, a mile from the entrance. The out])ut in 1897 of salt fish 
from this establishment was 500 half-barrels of humpback bellies and 500 barrels of 
redfish and cohoes. 
At Wrangell a gentleman connected with the customs service reported that a stream 
on Dali Island was tightly barricaded. He had passed by Hunter Bay while we were 
there, en route to Howkan on duty, and it was probably on this trip that he visited 
Dali Island. 
The stream at Hetta inobably offers a good locality for a hatchery for this section. 
There is a large supply of fish and plenty of water, which, however, would have to be 
tested for temperature. The drawback is that it is not accessible, being off the calling 
routes of steamers. 
MOIRA SOUND — KEGAN. 
From Nichols Bay, around Cape Chacon, on the eastern coast of Prince of Wales 
Island, no streams are fished for the canneries until Moira Sound is reached, the 
entrance to which is 24 miles northward of Cape Chacon. 
The stream called Kegan (the name of the Indian who claims it) empties into the 
western end, at the head of the first bay on the southern side of Moira Sound, about 
miles from Egg Island. The entrance to the bay is somewhat obstructed by islands 
and rocks. At the head of the bay, near the mouth of the stream, are several good 
seining beaches, and on the right bank, near the entrance, is a fisherman’s house, a 
shack in which are stored seines and nets, two canoes, and a lai’ge seine boat. 
The stream is a lake outlet, about 2 miles long, flowing in a general northwest 
direction. It has an average width of 30 feet between banks, and when visited was 
3 inches deep over a 10-foot rifHe. Immediately above high-water mark there is a 
runway 75 feet long, 8 feet wide at the lower end and 12 feet at the upper, constructed 
of stone and rails. Its use was evident, for on the banks four Indian traps were 
found constructed of split poles and withes, tubular in form, funnel-shaped at 
the lower end, about 15 inches in diameter, and at least 15 feet long, closed at the 
smaller end. They are no doubt used in the runway. Half a mile above this point 
are the remains of an old barricade, and 50 feet above this, where the stream passes 
