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and the shore parties were then picked up. The shore 
work in Columbia Bay, chiefly on Columbia Glacier, oc¬ 
cupied three days (June 25-28); that in Harriman Fiord 
three days (June 27-29). The ship touched also at copper 
prospects on Landlocked Bay, Virginia Bay and Latouche 
Island. 
Continuing westward (June 30) the vessel touched at 
Homer, and at night left a shore party in Kukak Bay, on 
Alaska Peninsula. This party contained no geologist, 
but one of its members, Mr. Saunders, made a valuable 
collection of fossil plants. The following morning a 
hunting party was left in Uyak Bay, Kadiak Island, and 
the vessel then proceeded to Kadiak village, where it 
remained four days. During this period there was much 
exploration of the vicinity. Palache made an excursion 
up English Bay, and Emerson visited Woody Island. 
The parties left at Kukak and Uyak bays were then picked 
up, and the westward course was resumed. The next 
stop (July 7) was at Popof Island, one of the Shumagin 
group, where a collecting party was left, and Palache 
availed himself of this opportunity for effective shore 
work. We then continued westward to Dutch Harbor 
(July 8), and turned northward across Bering Sea. A 
very brief landing was made the same day on Bogoslof 
Island; some hours were spent (July 9) on St. Paul Is¬ 
land; the coast of Plover Bay, Siberia, was visited (July 
11); and landings were made on the great spit and the 
mainland at Port Clarence (July 12). Returning south¬ 
ward, we touched at St. Lawrence Island (July 13), gave 
several hours each to Hall and St. Matthew islands (July 
14 and 15), and reached Dutch Harbor July 17. 
Continuing thence the homeward voyage, we touched 
at Popof Island (July 18), to pick up the party left there 
eleven days earlier, and the same evening sent a launch 
to the mainland for Palache. During our absence Palache 
