To the Klondike Gold Fields : and other points of interest in Alaska . the calm surface. ocean is full of life. Great whalesspont and sport upon or nearFrequently the steamers pass close to large num-. C1RCLE 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
To the Klondike Gold Fields : and other points of interest in Alaska . the calm surface. ocean is full of life. Great whalesspont and sport upon or nearFrequently the steamers pass close to large num-. C1RCLE 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 cl
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