Diary, 1914, of trip with Wilfred Hudson Osgood and George Howard Parker to Pribilof Islands, Alaska
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did not feel any pride. This last wrote an account of low prices. The say that Sea otters have become much more common again in certain spots. June 21. to St Paul We reached St Paul Island shortly after 5 o'clock and anchored off the village. The Buffalo Line to take supplies and work on the council station was in the bay. We had supper on the boat and shortly afterward went ashore. We were met by Mr. Hatton agent, in charge of our quarters in the big Company House. Monday June 22. Capt. Ubertth and some of his officers came ashore and we went out to Girdlech Borsky and looked over the coytery. Many bureaus and sporophytes. In the afternoon we went to Katoow Borsky and looked at caves, just beyond and separated from it only by a sheer cliff as Lukann. Both were well supplied with bells, a few of which had corro and thin were a few frogs. We saw several foxes and many old huts. Also where recorded for a nest of kiweralesia pacifies but I could not get at it. It was beneath an archway in the cliffs. Tuesday June 23. We put in the forenoon on Girdlech Borsky counting the karius with some new frogs. The count follows: Book 6. 2 2 Dust. 23 1 - 1 2 19 1 18 1 1 1 17 1 2 1 16 1 - 3 1(x) 3 1 1 1 1