Show 124 failed to recognize any future value of the island Stans- bury on the other hand seven years later made note of the luxuriant grass wild parsnips and sego and recognized the possibility of using the island as a sheep range:18 Could fresh water be obtained by boring (and it is worth the experiment) a more admirable range than this for sheep and goats could not be desired Being surrounded by deep water the protection from wild beasts is absolute an object in this country of no small importance where wolves abound in great numbers Fremont also failed to notice the terraces of ancient Lake Bonneville which are very prominent on the island in the vicinity where he made his ascent Stansbury on the other hand made a sketch of them and included it in his re- port 17 him so thoroughly did they impress of the interesting side lights of Fremont's visit and report was: "I accidently left on the summit the brass cover of the object end of my spy glass It will fur-nimatter of speculation to some future traveler”18 As the explorer predicted it has furnished matter for speculaOne tion but not in the way Fremont expected From Stansbury who visited the island in 1850 to the time of the widely 1944 almost on everyin island the hunt coyote publicized 16 Stansbury Exploration of the Great Salt Lake 17 Ibid 18 Fremont 105 160 and Survey of the Valley 160 Report of Exploring Expedition 156 gh |