Exploring the great YukonAn adventurous expedition down the great Yukon River, from its source in the British North-west Territory, to its mouth in the territory of Alaska . a, was todistribute the material received for the various tradingstations on the Aleutian Islands and the mainland adja-cent ; the Corwin would sail for some point or other,no one could find out where, and the residents wouldsettle down for another year of monotonous life. The last days gale on Bering Sea had left onthe minds of those in charge that the Leo would haveto be repaired, accordingly she was lightened b
Exploring the great YukonAn adventurous expedition down the great Yukon River, from its source in the British North-west Territory, to its mouth in the territory of Alaska . a, was todistribute the material received for the various tradingstations on the Aleutian Islands and the mainland adja-cent ; the Corwin would sail for some point or other,no one could find out where, and the residents wouldsettle down for another year of monotonous life. The last days gale on Bering Sea had left onthe minds of those in charge that the Leo would haveto be repaired, accordingly she was lightened by dis-charging her load, and on the morning of the 20th shewas beached near by, the fall of the tide being suflicient to reveal her injuries, and to allow of temporaryrepair. We passed our time in strolling around examining the 344 ALONG ALASKAS GREAT RIVER. islands, while some of the party got out their fishingtackle and succeeded in securing a few fine thoughsmall trout from the clear mountain streams. This grand chain of islands jutting out boldly into thebroad Pacific receives the warm waters of the Japanesecurrent—Kuro Siwo—a deflected continuation of a part. OON-ALASKA. of the Pacific equatorial current corresponding to our gulfstream. From this source it derives a warmer climatethan is possessed by any body of land so near the pole,although it lies in about the same jDarallels as the BritishIslands. The cold of zero and the oppessive heat ofsummer are equally unknown to this region. Grasses DOWN THE RIVER AND HOME. 345 grow luxuriantly everywhere, upon which the reindeerused to graze in numerous herds, their keen sight andthe absence of timber protecting them from the rudeweapons of the native hunters until the introduction of?firearms, after which they were rapidly a few days we heard with pleasure that the Leo was•eady and we soon quitted Alaska for good. The north-west winds sang a merry song through our sails as thomeridians and parallels took o
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