To the Klondike Gold Fields : and other points of interest in Alaska . LE CITY. bers of them. Schools of porpoises play about the bow. Occasion-ally the swift fin of a shark skims darkly along. Big sea birds followin the steamers wake, dipping for the crusts and scraps thrown tothem. Now and then a sail is seen, and perhaps one of the heavyocean liners on the run to China and Japan speeds across the board there are comfortable cabins and a well-stocked larder,and everything will be done to speed the time and make the voyageone to be remembered with a feeling of regret that it is over.
To the Klondike Gold Fields : and other points of interest in Alaska . LE CITY. bers of them. Schools of porpoises play about the bow. Occasion-ally the swift fin of a shark skims darkly along. Big sea birds followin the steamers wake, dipping for the crusts and scraps thrown tothem. Now and then a sail is seen, and perhaps one of the heavyocean liners on the run to China and Japan speeds across the board there are comfortable cabins and a well-stocked larder,and everything will be done to speed the time and make the voyageone to be remembered with a feeling of regret that it is over. Then come the Fire-breathing Islands of the long Aleutianchain. And here is scenic grandeur, which, when it is better charm the wonder-loving world. 18 THE ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY Some of the Uolcanoes €@ The volcano Makushin is on Un-alaska Island, Shishaldin and Og-romni on Unimak, Akutan on theisland of the same name, and Pav-loff on the Alaskan Peninsula. All may be seen smoking, belchingor glowing if the landfall is plain or the nights are A TYniAL ESKIMO AND HIS DOG. Through a narrow pass between the green-cliffed islands, andpassing the commanding figure of The Priest, a picturesque rem-nant of a grand pinnacle, the entrance of Unalaska Harbor isreached. This is one of the most beautiful of bays. A shimmeringfjord makes up between overhanging cliffs, the rock strata of whichshow by their weirdly disrupted markings the volcanic lift which THE ALASKA COMMERCIAL COM TAX Y *9 threw them up into the glimpses of the sun. The hay then broadensand includes within its waters small, green islands- islands withinan island, pearls within the shell. Exploration Island, Mug Islandand Amaknak are the names of these, showing the difference inpoetic temperament of those who named them. Beautiful wildflowers spangle all the hills, the violets being especially remarkable
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