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that in going into this river there are two banks on the bar visible the channel carrying 4 fms between them and 5 to 8 fms inside the bar. Keep the starboard bank half a mile aboard until past a small point of the land on the port hand and then keep the port shore well aboard until past the first bend in the river when the way is clear. It is navigable for ten or 12 miles & has a village of 300 adult males on it. P.M. Mr. Shanfelt off to dine and Father [[?]] after dinner. Go ashore & leave letters with Wagner. The fathers states that a small volcano on the E of Umak is now active, on its S side a mountain on the N side of the Aliaska range near [[Stetkum?]] has lately lost the north side of the crater leaving a large depression 
For the last 4 days there have been increasing earthquake shocks in Kuskoquim. The activity of the volcanoes in 4 craters appear to be on the increase. Much ashes & cinder have been thrown up on Umnak. Akutan is lively, on the whole. Coldest last October 1st 23° During the winter 30-33 no lower

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Monday July 20
Morning cloudy wind moderate at 7 P.M. stand out of the small harbor and put to sea for St. Paul Island. Wind freshens and we are obliged to take in sail and reef. P.M. wind more moderate, foggy

Tuesday July 21
Cloudy & foggy, dead calm in A.M. P.M. cloudy light wind form ESE in evening.

Wednesday July 22
Foggy & cloudy in A.M. about 7 A.M. pass the west end of St. George Id. About noon anchor in Southwest Bay St. Pauls Id. 
Go ashore after lunch which Lieut. Willett of the cutter partakes of with us. The Reliance is here. See young & old McIntyre ashore. Elliott, Maynard, Lesser, Capt. Bryant & family and Capt. Baker of the cutter. Get some obs. for time. P.M. get Capt. Baker and Dr. Thacher off to supper. Rate [[?]] chronometer for them. They have finished the scaling. McIntyre, Falconer, Dr. Cramer & Adams are going down. Elliott & Maynard have made a very tolerable map