ALBATROSS EXPLORATIONS; ALASKA, WASHINGTON, AND OREGON. 
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it was considered prudent to make a short stop at Esquimalt, situated at the south- 
eastern extremity of the same island, where a small supply of coal was obtained from 
Her Britannic Majesty’s dock-yard. The coaling of the ship at Departure Bay was 
finished July 11, and she immediately proceeded northward by way of the inland pas- 
sage between Vancouver Island and the mainland. An anchorage for the night was 
made in Tribune Bay. Seymour Narrows were passed the next morning just as the 
tide was beginning to ebb, which caused strong eddies and whirls, but the passage 
was made without difficulty. Stops were made the same day at Alert Bay and Fort 
Rupert for the purpose of obtaining a supply of clams to use as bait on the northern 
fishing grounds. A large number were secured at the latter place, where the steamer 
also anchored for the night. 
Leaving Fort Rupert July 13, the steamer passed through Goleta Channel and 
thence into the open sea, where a course was laid in the direction of the Shumagin 
Islands. July 19 a line of deep-sea soundings was begun in a depth of 2,550 fathoms, 
latitude 52° 15’ N., longitude 156° 37' W., and carried during that and two succeeding 
days, 390 miles N. 88° W. to oft Unalashka Island. A line of soundings was run from 
the end of this series to the mouth of Kiliuluk Bay, Unalashka Island, and the inves- 
tigation of the Alaskan fishing grounds was then begun. The details of this work are 
fully explained in a subsequent part of this report, and only the general i)rogress of 
the steamer and the princqial points of interest visited need be mentioned in this con- 
nection. The researches were carried northeastward from the vicinity of Unalashka 
to the reported position of Pamplona Rocks, the most time being spent in those regions 
where banks had been reported by the fishermen or where their existence had been 
conjectured upon other evidence. 
Ten or eleven days were spent in the vicinity of Unalashka and Unimak Islands, 
including Davidson Bank. Soundings were carried through Unimak Pass and off the 
northern side of Akun and Akutan Islands to Iliuliuk Harbor, Unalashka, where a 
supply of coal was obtained and where opportunity was given to study the fisheries 
and the in shore fishing grounds of the region. The reported positions of Lenard 
Rock and Anderson Rock south of the Sanuakh Islands were examined July 30, and 
on the following day the steamer arrived at Humboldt Harbor, Popoff, one of the 
Shumagin Islands. At this place the services of Capt. Paul M. Pavlofif, a well-known 
pilot of the coast, were secured. Subsequently, Eagle Harbor, Nagai Island, and 
Yukon Harbor, Big Koniushi Island, were visited. About six days were spent in the 
region between the Sannakh Islands and the Shumagins, and on Shumagin Bank, the 
exploration of which was completed August 6. From the Shumagin Islands sound- 
ings were carried to Mitrofania Island and Bay on the mainland, and thence to Light- 
house Rocks, Ohirikoff Island, and the Trinity Islands, the Albatross arriving at Old 
Harbor, on the southern side of Kadiak Island, August 10. The development of Alba- 
tross Bank occupied five days, and on the 14th the harbor of St. Paul, at the eastern 
end of Kadiak Island, was reached. The steamer was detained here until the 20th in 
coaling and in studying the fisheries and shore fishing grounds, beginning the inves- 
tigation of Portlock Bank August 21. On the afternoon of the 24th an anchorage was 
made off Middleton Island, which was visited the next day for the purpose of deter- 
mining its precise position and the character of its surroundings. From this point 
the Albatross proceeded to one of the reported positions of Pamplona Rocks, in lati- 
tude 59° 03' N., longitude 142° 40' W., where a thorough search was made for these 
