. Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. . apparently fifteen or twenty milesto the southward, to place a triangulation station upon it. Thewind had been southerly during the night, and had raised such asea that I found it impossible to force the boat through the water,whose ponderous waves struck upon our bows with a power thatwas irresistible. After rowing some eight miles, we gave it upand returned to camp. One of the pai-ty, in attempting to cut across the country to-day,got lost; and as h
. Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah : including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. . apparently fifteen or twenty milesto the southward, to place a triangulation station upon it. Thewind had been southerly during the night, and had raised such asea that I found it impossible to force the boat through the water,whose ponderous waves struck upon our bows with a power thatwas irresistible. After rowing some eight miles, we gave it upand returned to camp. One of the pai-ty, in attempting to cut across the country to-day,got lost; and as he did not return by dark, signal-fires were lightedupon one or two of the neighbouring eminences to guide him tocamp. He returned by bedtime, very much exhausted by his wan-derings, having been wthout food or water since sunrise. Wednesday, May 8.—The day being calm and the water smooth,renewed the attempt made yesterday to reach the island to thesouthward, taking with us blankets, provisions, and water, preparedto encamp upon it, if necessary. We reached the island after arow of four horns. The water was bold and deep nearly the whole. Gunnisons island—gulls and pelicans. 179 distance—fifteen, seventeen, and twenty feet; and ten feet withina hundred and fifty feet of the shore. There are two islands here, one of them quite small, and lyingwithin one hundred yards to the northward of the larger one, ofwhich it has at one time formed a part. We landed at the headof a beautiful little sandy bay, on the eastern side, which has itscounterpart on the western, the two being separated by a low,narrow neck of land, forming a delightful little nook, and separat-ing the lofty pile of rock forming the northern part of the islandfrom the rocky clifis which extend to its southern extremity. The whole neck and the shores on both of the little bays wereoccupied by immense flocks of pelicans and gulls, disturbed now forthe first time, probably, by the intrusion of man. They literallydark
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