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D. — Tables and special observations — Continued. 
28. Observations relative to ocean currents 86 
29. Partial list of harbors and anchorages between Kadiak Island and Unalashka Island .... 87 
30. Kecord of whales seen during the season of 1888 89 
31. Report of the Engineer’s Department, by C. E. Eoelker 90 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
1. Native method of drying salmon (ukali) at Unalashka, Alaska 20 
2. Method of protecting salmon from the rain while drying, by means of a grass-thatched roof.. 22 
3. Drying salmon at Iliuliuk, Unalashka, Alaska 24 
4. Three sealers from British Columbia, captured in Bering Sea during 1888, and beached at 
Iliuliuk, Unalashka 26 
5. Nearer view of one of the captured sealers from British Columbia, shown on Plate 4 28 
6. Light- house Rocks, near the Semidi Islands, Alaska 36 
7. Sod houses (barabara) of the Indian village of Three Saints, Old Harbor Kadiak, also show- 
ing method of drying salmon 38 
8. View of another part of the same village 40 
9. Salmon station of the Alaska Coast Fishing Company, at Port Hobron, Sitkalidak Island, 
Kadiak, with the schooner Viking at anchor 42 
10. Lake in rear of the station of the Alaska Coast Fishing Company, at Port Hobron, where the 
salmon are taken ; showing also the railroad and the steam launch used in the fishery 44 
LIST OP CHARTS. 
Chart of the region adjacent to the Aliaska Peninsula, Alaska, showing the operations of the 
Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the summer of 1888 92 
Chart of the coast of Washington Territory and Oregon, showing the operations of the Fish Com- 
mission steamer Albatross during the autumn of 1888 92 
