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there is no lunar tide after you get above the influ- 

 ence of the inlet— the rise and fall being goYerned 

 solely by the winds. 



*' Going southward from Mosquito Inlet you enter 

 Hillsborough River ; which, through a winding 

 course between fifteen and sixteen miles long, brings 

 you into Mosquito Lagoon, twelve miles to the 

 southward of the inlet. Two miles and a half up 

 Hillsborough River is New Smyrna, a pretty little 

 settlement on the western bank among orange, fig 

 and banana trees. Nine feet may be taken to abreast 

 of the village; not less than five feet is found for 

 five miles beyond New Smyrna; but above that point 

 no more than three feet can be carried through to 

 Mosquito Lagoon;— although there are deep holes 

 with as much as three and a half fathoms. The 

 channel is narrow and very crooked. 



*' Mosquito Lagoon is wide and shallow — its width 

 ranging from one to two and a lialf miles. It has a 

 general course about S. E. by S.,and is between fif- 

 teen and sixteen miles long. A bar of three and a 

 half feet obstructs the entrance from Hillsborough 

 River; but, that once crossed, a good channel, with 

 from five to ten feet takes you to within two miles 

 of its head. This terminates the inland navigation, 

 unless the vessel be able to pass through ' Haul-over 

 Canal.' There is but a foot and a half water in this 

 canal. 



*' Indian River maybe entered from seaward by In- 

 dian River Inlet, which cuts through the sandy strip 

 of coast-line about one hundred miles to the south- 



