. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... he windheld. We had set our topgallants again and were makinga good lay for port. These Aleutian Islands are very mountainous, tieredalong and making a chain that nearly crosses the are no trees, but the grass grows around the sidesof the mountains and in the valleys, but the seacoast, gulchand gully, was a line of black cliffs. We soon made the entrance to Dutch Harbor and hadto anchor on the outside on account of the wind dying soon as t
. Capt. J. D. Winchester's experience on a voyage from Lynn, Massachusetts, to San Francisco, Cal., and to the Alaskan gold fields .... he windheld. We had set our topgallants again and were makinga good lay for port. These Aleutian Islands are very mountainous, tieredalong and making a chain that nearly crosses the are no trees, but the grass grows around the sidesof the mountains and in the valleys, but the seacoast, gulchand gully, was a line of black cliffs. We soon made the entrance to Dutch Harbor and hadto anchor on the outside on account of the wind dying soon as the anchor was down, a dozen or more got theirhooks and lines and caught some fine cod. Dutch Harborwas well protected from high winds and storms; highmountains gave us a shelter and there was a dry bar acrossthe mouth, with a good channel to pass in, which brokeoff the sea coming in from Bering. About four miles further up we could see Unalaska,with its old Russian church, now a Catholic mission. Un-alaska was considered the leading town. River boats werebeing built there. Dutch Harbor had a store, and six or seven dwelling (i46). FROM DUTCH HARBOR TO ST. MICHAELS. 147 houses and a hotel. We got under way and brought thebarque inside of the bar, where they tried fishing again,catching many that were not fit to eat. We were told thatall the fish inside of the bar were diseased and not fit to eat,so no more fish were caught. Here we found that thecaptain was trying to raise money on ship and cargo tobuy provisions, but the merchants would not accept thebond and the captain was hard pushed. He was tryingto hear from the owner, but could not, and there we lay,eating up what little we did have. One day three of us went on shore for a tramp over themountains, taking a lunch with us. We walked aroundthe seashore for a short distance, finding some places hardto pass as the water came up under the cliff, and finallyhad to leave the shore and get upon the cliffs, where wefound a cosy pla
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