. Hidden treasures, or, Fisheries around the North-west coast [microform]. Fisheries; Pêches. T kI ii'si'aichiU'eI't'livrdcil ' th'.' unlivos. . of tlic natives, Iwciity- l1 lis hc'ii'-looiiis liy the ind, are hauinioroil out , . (!ol(l Is luiind very fnulo inoaiin of make IVoni $2 to S7 per li more than six montlis tf the line gold placers :it. GoliUs reported to orosclun on the Kenay astern sliorc about lat. eliolas, but vvc have no jyond the statement ol" lict, iiftoen miles from very line marble in in- , of the Chilliaht speci- and others of ii very iinc g white, very pure and ying on
. Hidden treasures, or, Fisheries around the North-west coast [microform]. Fisheries; Pêches. T kI ii'si'aichiU'eI't'livrdcil ' th'.' unlivos. . of tlic natives, Iwciity- l1 lis hc'ii'-looiiis liy the ind, are hauinioroil out , . (!ol(l Is luiind very fnulo inoaiin of make IVoni $2 to S7 per li more than six montlis tf the line gold placers :it. GoliUs reported to orosclun on the Kenay astern sliorc about lat. eliolas, but vvc have no jyond the statement ol" lict, iiftoen miles from very line marble in in- , of the Chilliaht speci- and others of ii very iinc g white, very pure and ying on the south-west , and wc know nothing- Lisiansky, Si?npson, and issuing frgm lissures in icipal spring has a teni- hiefly impregnated with 3ia in solntion. There he ground, to receive the ree hundred yards from vater; in this basin the ' Fahrenheit. Two sub- by the Russian Company n and cutaneous diseases, he bank ; in front lies a d by an archipelago of is a barrier of rugged he influence of the warm there grows a luxuriant 9, ami pnw ppecimens of coarpe 0 l)rouKlit several soldiers fl-om hev exhibited (luantitici of gold 10 weeks previous, ivud rcporteU vuidiiru even where all mound is clothed in snow. The waters adjacent arc alive Avith fish and fowl, and the laud teems with deer and other ; — Davidson. The Memorial from the Legislature of Washington Territory, (above quoted), asked the President " To employ such ships as might be spared from the North Pacific naval fleet, in surveying the fishing banks along the coast from the Cortez bank to liehr- ing ; Our beneficent government has nobly responded to this prayer. Immediately on assuming jurisdiction over Alaska, a scientific expedition in connection with the coast survey was sent to that territory, instructed to collect correct information in regard to geographical science,climate, products of the country, ocean currents and Iheir future bearings on the question of the steamship route to the
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