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boats and were picked up later by the Cordova and 
the Patterson . 
During the twenty-ninth we were held back by a 
strong southeast gale, but the following day the 
wind moderated and on the morning of October 
first we tied up at the dock at Unalaska, which at 
the present time is the base where the revenue-cut¬ 
ters get their coal and other supplies. The coal 
comes from Australia and costs twelve or thirteen 
dollars a ton. The officer in charge of the station 
here was Captain Reynolds, who had been a lieuten¬ 
ant on the Corwin when she visited Herald Island 
in the eighties; he read me his diary where he told 
about their landing on the island and climbing to 
the top and said that no one could live there and 
that it was accessible in only one place. 
The Bear had to stay at Unalaska for several 
days to have her boilers overhauled. We passed 
the time in trout-fishing, chiefly, and also climbed 
Ballyhoo, a thing which every officer in the revenue- 
cutter service must do. There is a book placed at 
the summit and every one who climbs the mountain 
has to sign his name in the book. I went up with 
Lieutenants Barker and Dempwolf. Lieutenant 
Kendall and I had some good ptarmigan-shooting 
in that vicinity. 
While we were here McKinlay became ill and 
had to go to the Jesse Lee Hospital, where he was 
