Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . field of color. Innumerable yellow and purple flowers clothe it and above them waft the gaudily colored wings of the butterflies. And cfi to the north, bending on to the Bering Sea, runs the only navigable channel of the Yukon. It carries four feet and a half of water at best, and vessels exceeding that draft cannot enter it. It moves with its deltoid detritus on to sea, with whose waters it mingles its mud. It has marvelously shoaled this sea so that vessels cannot approach the flat, and when you are opposite this place, yet out of s
Alaska, its waters, land and life; an illustrated lecture . field of color. Innumerable yellow and purple flowers clothe it and above them waft the gaudily colored wings of the butterflies. And cfi to the north, bending on to the Bering Sea, runs the only navigable channel of the Yukon. It carries four feet and a half of water at best, and vessels exceeding that draft cannot enter it. It moves with its deltoid detritus on to sea, with whose waters it mingles its mud. It has marvelously shoaled this sea so that vessels cannot approach the flat, and when you are opposite this place, yet out of sight of land, you may still have three fathoms of water. And now we are at St. Michaels Island on which is the town where the Yukon steamers stop and vessels find a harbor. It is an ancient Russian kakat with a Greek Church and United States government buildings, a customs officer, and a few soldiers. It is a busy place in summer, though, during that brief period when the Yukon is open to traffic and the whalers are coming down out of the northern Breaking Up of ihe Ice on the Pi ? near its Conllu
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