Show fa A 158 not have traveled over the various parts of the lake his survey would not have been complete Hence we and see him traveling from Antelope to Fremont and back again to Egg and Carrington to Hat to Fremont and back to Antelope to to the east side of PromonHud Island and back to Antelope tory range for survey of Bear River Bay from Promontory Point to Stansbury Island to Black Rock and back to Promon- his base on Gunnison Island he traveled in all directions covering the northwest arm of the lake coA carempletely and making trips across to Antelope Island ful study of the map will show that he covered every nook of tory Point From the lake in these various While making 25 trips his last trips on the lake to make final Stansbury and his men often enjoyed the luxury of a swim in the salt water which when analyzed proved to contain "more than 20 percent pure chloride of sodium" observations describing the ease with which one stays afloat Stansbury also pointed out the difficulty of swimming in the concentrated brine The least particle of it getting into the eyes produces the most acute pain and if accidently swallowed rapid strangulation must ensue Upon one occasion a man of our party fell overboard While 23 Map XI 24 the Great p 146 Stansbury Exploration and Survey of the Valley of Salt Lake 212 |