2 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
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B. — Eeport of the explorations in Alaska — C ontinued. 
Humboldt Harbor, Popoff Island 30 
Pirate Cove, Popoff Island 31 
Eagle Harbor, Nagai Island 32 
Yukon Harbor, Big Koniusbi Island 32 
Alaskan methods of curing cod compared with those of New England 33 
The lay of the Alaskan fishermen 33 
The yellow-fish 33 
10. Shumagin Bank 34 
11. Shumagin Islands to Kadiak Island 35 
Hydrography and trials for fish 35 
Mitrofania Bay 36 
Light-house Rocks 37 
12. Kadiak Island 38 
Trinity Islands 38 
Old Harbor, Kadiak 38 
Port Hobron, Sitkalidak Island 39 
St. Paul, Kadiak 39 
13. Albatross Bank 43 
14. Portlock Bank 44 
15. Middleton Island to Puget Sound 46 
Middleton Island ; position, characteristics, etc 46 
Middleton Island to Pamplona Rocks; position of Pamplona Rocks 48 
Pamplona Rocks to Puget Sound 48 
Fort Rupert, Vancouver Island 50 
Alert Bay, Vancouver Island 50 
Departure Bay, Vancouver Island 51 
C. — Report of the explorations on the coasts of Washington Territory and Oregon. 53 
16. Narrative 53 
17. Puget Sound and the Straits of Fuca 54 
Dredging and fishing trials 54 
Seattle; fresh markets, salmon fishery, etc 54 
Port Townsend 58 
Victoria, Vancouver Island 58 
The beshowe or black cod 59 
18. Off Cape Flattery 59 
Sounding, dredging, and trials for fish 59 
Barclay Sound, Vancouver Island 61 
General results of trials for fish 62 
Sealing and halibut trips by Gloucester vessels off Cape Flattery 62 
A fletched-halibut trip 63 
19. Cape Flattery to Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory 64 
Explorations 64 
Prospects of a halibut fishery south of Cape Flattery 65 
20. Shoalwater Bay, Washington, to Tillamook Rock, Oregon 66 
Explorations 66 
Astoria, Oregon ; fisheries, vessels, etc 67 
21. Heceta Bank, Oregon coast 69 
D. — Tables and special observations 70 
22. Record of hydrographic soundings 70 
23. Record of dredging and trawling stations 76 
24. Tabular statement of trials made for fish 78 
25. Record of water temperatures and densities 60 
26. Record of meteorological observations 82 
27. Observations of wind, weather, and barometer 84 
