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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
scared by fog or mist, aad has led vessels to the westward of the island into Captain’s 
Bay, instead of Iliulink, the port to which they were bound. It may be said that 
cross bearings would make such a mistake impossible, but it too often happens in this 
region that anchorage must be made on a momentary view of one point only. Priest 
Eock once recognized, there should be little difficulty in reaching TJnalashka, as a 
direct course leads to the outer harbor. 
We anchored in the inner harbor of Iliuliuk at 3.15 p. m., July 23, entering 
without the least difficulty, the channel having been buoyed by the Alaska Commer- 
cial Company. The steamer St. Paul, belonging to the company, was at the wharf, 
preparing for a trip to the Seal Islands ; and at the mooring buoy was the schooner 
Angel Dolly, with a cargo of walrus hides which she had taken in Moller Bay.” 
Unalaslika Harbor to the Pacific Ocean, through Unalga Pass. — Fog and rain pre- 
vailed, with intervals of partially clear, pleasant weather, during our stay in port. 
We left Iliuliuk at 9 a. m., July 28, after several hours’ detention by a dense fog, 
which, however, had begun to lift at intervals, enabling us to see laud at a distance of 
half a mile. Rounding Kalekhta Point, we stood for the southwest extremity of Unalga 
Island and through the pass of that name, which is to be preferred to all others for a 
steamer bound to or from Unalaslika, particularly in thick weather. 
‘‘The distance through is short, and there are no hidden dangers, the rocks bor- 
dering the shores on either side being close to the land and above water. The tide 
rushes through the narrows with great force, causing heavy rijis, and at times over- 
falls, but it was quite smooth when we passed out near high water. A vessel bound 
in would make the Signals, Egg Island, and the Old Man, lying off Cape Burka, all 
of which can be approached with comparative safety, the distance from the last-men- 
tioned to the southeast extremity of Unalga Island not exceeding 4 miles. Once in 
the pass, a vessel has only to keep Unalga Island in sight until passing its southwest 
end, when it is about 2 miles to Erskine Point and about 3J miles to Kalekhta Point. 
“There is a rock off Erskine Point which ic thick weather might be mistaken for 
Priest Rock, but it may be recognized by another one between it and the point, having 
a flat top and showing* smallest at the base. In approaching Kalekhta Point, Priest 
Rock will begin to open out at WSW. J W. (magnetic). 
“A full-powered steamer may use this pass at any stage of the tide, if time is an 
object; but under ordinary circumstances it would be advisable to enter it near slack 
water. We found 30 fathoms at the southern entrance to the pass in mid-channel, 
and 36 fathoms 2 miles north of Old Man Island. 
“It is not intended to include sailing directions for the Aleutian Islands in this 
report, and my only excuse for describing this pass so much in detail is that there is 
no published information concerning it, as far as I know, and it would naturally be 
avoided by a stranger unless he had some such information as I have given.” 
Collecting in the harbor and vicinity. — Shortly after the Albatross came to anchor in 
Iliuliuk Harbor, several flounders and a specimen of the Alaskan pollock [Pollachius 
chalcogrammus) were caught on hand lines baited with salt clams. The three following 
days were spent in seining about the harbor, and nearly every suitable spot for that 
purpose was visited. On two occasions about half a boat load of salmon were taken 
in the seine in a little cove on the northern side of the harbor, near where the ship 
was anchored. Two species were included in the catch, the humpback salmon {On- 
corhynchus gorbuscha), and the dog salmon (0. beta). 
