Show 122 position at the crest of the rocky island 13 He searched the shores with his telescope for a possible connection with other bodies of water but found none "The distance was so great that he could make out nothing with certainty" Fremont described the island as a barren rock hill "on which there is neither water nor trees of any kind" to be extra large as high as eight feet prickly pears were common No animals were found on the island A magpie and a larger bird flew over "the only living things seen during our stay" His survey showed the island to reach 800 feet above the water surface and to be twelve Contrast these discoveror thirteen miles in circumference Sage brush was found ies with the luxuriant vegetation abundance of wild life and springs and streams of clear cold water which the explorers hoped to find It is no wonder that Fremont entered in his report: "In the first disappointment we felt from the dissipation of our dreams of the fertile islands I called this Disappointment island"14 In 1850 Stansbury saw fit to the island in honor of Fremont "who first set foot upon its shores"1® Fremont was so disappointed in what he found that he re-na- me 13 See Hap X p 123 Report of Exploring Expedition 156 15 Stansbury Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake 160 14 Fremont |