Show 149 before "but it buried in the vhich it had could not be found having probably been of the rapidly decomposing rock upon detritus been left""13 of the island showed it to be some fourteen miles in circumference It was well supplied with wild onion luxuriant grass sego wild parsnip and sage The latter "frequently eight feet high and six or eight inches jin examination in diameter" No animal life except one isolated ground came from and how it survived squirrel was seen Where it was very much of a question since no sign of a spring or any fresh water was found on the island Stansbury recognized in the island an excellent range for sheep and goats if fresh water could be obtained by boring In the grass along the shore members of the party pick- large supply of blue heron eggs (the nesting seasoif was just beginning) which furnished a very important item on the rather limited menu In the future extensive use was made of the various types of bird’s eggs as a supplement to ed up a the diet manner After having explored the island in this temporary the party again returned to the base on Antelope Isl- and following day April 9 the explorers headed for the west side of the lake Upon rounding the north end of The 13 Stansbury the Great Salt Lake Exploration and Survey of the Valley of 159 |