rock. 
the successive banks of the beach, 
formed by the action of os waves, our atten- 
tion, as we a and, had been 
attracted by one 10 to 20 feat i in breadth, of 
m) 
to the depth of seven or eight and twelve 
th 
inches, entirely e larve of insects, or, 
in common |: 
e 
uding to subject some months af- 
aes when t thevalling thro wi m 
™m oe of this na ag 
witht Mr. Joseph Walker, 2 
an old hunt I 
a 
of the eat € Californian range, he 
@ party of ral Indian families encampe 
near a small salt lake, who abandoned their 
5 
the next morning, ae 
Mr. Walker 
these, or a similar worm, that chi ‘bags had 
been filled. 
trap- | ing 
pers were not proof against 2 prejudices, 
ct- | As we loo 
_ the re Mr Walker food was y reje 
alker had fu rther ¢ opportunities 0 of 
CAPT. FREMONT’S NARRATIVE. 
any -vihers 
d | to determin ne, to be connected 
sansb am inclined to think pom arnrsme same 
88 
lately had been salt. Exposed to be more 
perfectly ried in the sun, this became ve 
white and fine, | 
the lake, 
as the distance and 
low ri e mou 
These are probably the islands stro indi- 
of this region er Fe de- 
tached from the shore ie catuaeh 
operations was when waters ~tertynl at 
their | stage. 1¢ season of hi 
‘waters in the spring, it is ble that 
low grounds are overflowed, and 
the surface of the lake i greater. 
1 places w of unlimited 
ore unwillingly re- 
solved to terminate our cares here, and 
what we 
— 
add to the unknown geogra- 
phy of the region. We felt pleasure also in 
mbering we were the first who, in 
the country, had 
were 
i every side to. the water, giving us a perfee 
wants | view of the island, which is twelve or thir 
