Show 137 Kalad bay (now Bear River Bay) which they named "Mud Bay" because they encountered more mud than water From this rather incomplete survey of the north end of the lake the explorers again returned to Antelope Island where they landed at a bay on the west side at Rock Harbor "Rock Harbor bears nearly northwest of Dome Island Stansbury the next island west which we so named from a fine dome near its centre April 24 the "Mud Hen" crew steered for the salt works at the south end of the lake then returned home having spent five days exploring the lake and its islands From soundings made the lake was shown to be a rather shallow body of water for it the title this group of explorers picked too "The Briny Shallow" They had found Hence it their tiny craft in many places The "Mud Hen" was fifteen feet four inches long and four feet four inches wide an ideal type craft for use on the lake shallow even for 3 Infra p 226 |