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and take a sound, getting bottom at about 700 fms Day cloudy wind very light or none Saturday Aug 16 Dead calm, all day until late in evening. Sails mostly furled to keep from slatting & a nasty NE swell. Cloudy. Sunday, Aug 17 Wind light & ahead. ditto current Beat all day into Nazan Bay and about 6 P.M. anchor in the harbor in 10 fms muddy bottom. Macarty the agent comes off to meet us, all the natives except two old men & some women are away. The natives live in the old Korovinsky Bay settlement, in a small bay in the Amliaside of the rocky & impracticable strait between Amlia & Atka & here. About 300 in all according to him. 16 died this summer of a contagious disease resembling spizootic but attended with cramps. There are six board houses & a number of huts. The harbor is well sheltered from all winds but a little swell comes in in northeasters but not harmfully [[end page]] [[start page]] h m sec Let go 12. 52. 00 50 - 2525 50 - 5530 50 53 2833 50 54 0739 50 - 4841 50 55 3547 50 56 2247 50 57 1351 50 58 0956 50 59 0758 50 60 04 [[strikethrough]] 55 [[/strikethrough]] 57 50 61 03 [[strikethrough]] 54 [[/strikethrough]] 59 50 62 04 [[strikethrough]] 55 [[/strikethrough]] 61 50 63 08 [[strikethrough]] 59 [[/striekthrough]] 64 50 64 53 105 Lead came up clean About 700 fms. Position 52.19 175.23 Kasatochi Id bears S by W Koningi " " [[Dittos for: Id bears]] E by S 1/2 S