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[[start page]] 60 ----- Continued. ----- like a bidarka and cross the portage to examine the old anchorage at Korovinsky Bay. On our way over visit the hot springs on the slope of Klucheffskaia Volcano. These springs contain sulphur, lime & alum. They have a temperature of 164° Fah and the water deposits a variety of red, blue and white clays about the orifices of the geysers. The body of water issuing is not large and seems to be diminishing. The Russians formerly had a bathhouse & retreat for invalids here, but the great distance from the shore (about 5 miles) and the very fatiguing climb up to reach the plateau on which the springs are situated render them difficult of access for persons in a weak condition. They are reached from the head of a long bay making up from the old harbor where a large [[overstrike]]spring[[/overstrike]] stream enters in which is a great abundance of salmon. This bay is very shoal, its bottom and shores stony and the depth of water rarely exceeding one fathom. Reaching the settlement towards evening I found that the spits which enclose the bay formerly entered by vessels are composed of large boulders with a little sand on the outer face of the Eastern [[end page]] [[start page]] ----- Continued. ----- 61 one, and the inner face of the Western one. Between the two there is a sand bar with three fathoms on it at high water and about two at ordinary low water. The inner bay has become very shoal so that it is now inexpedient for vessels to enter, whereas formerly the Company's brigs were able to make a good harbor to the N. & W. of the entrance. There are abundance of shellfish here, cod in their season, and halibut, but little driftwood. The inhabitants number about 100 souls. There are several good houses and a church rapidly falling into decay. This settlement from the abundance of food, is much better suited to the requirements of the Aleuts, than that on Hazan Bay, but the harbor is no longer available, though Klinkofstrom Harbor on the other side of Korovinsky Bay is said to be well protected. ----- Tuesday, Augt. 26th 1873. ----- Time Bar. Air Water Deepdo Wind ------- ------- ------ ------- ------ ------ 6 a.m. 30.50 52° 47° 44° S.W. 12 M. 30.44 62 W.S.W. 6 P.M. 30.41 60 48 W. Day cloudy with clear sky occasionally. Foggy in P.M. Observations for latitude un [[end page]]