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^2. Salt Creek, nearer Manasquan Inlet, below the bridge. Here 

 is Spartina stricta maritima associated with Salicornia herhacea. 

 Sp. gr. 1.0160; temp. 27,°. [Sp. gr. 1.0179.] 



y^,. Hole dug in middle of Spartina patens association. Water 

 reached at 82 cm. At same level of the marsh, but in a slightly dif- 

 ferent position were found Salicornia herhacea and Liniotiiuni caro- 

 linianiim. Sp. gr. 1.018; temp. 21°. [Sp.,gr. 1.0194.] 



74. Hole dug in the middle of a patch oi Salicornia herhacea, sur- 

 rounded by Distichlis spicata, Limoninm carolianuni. No free water 

 obtained after digging to a depth of 82 cm. 



75. Water from ditch cut through Spartina stricta niaritinia, 

 Spartina patens, Salicorjiia herhacea. Sp. gr. 1.017; temp. 20°. 

 [Sp. gr. 1.0182.] 



76. Hole 56 cm. deep in association of Spartina stricta maritima, 

 Salicornia herhacea, Distichlis spicata. Sp. gr. 1.0175; temp. 19°. 

 [Sp. gr. 1.0184.] 



yy. Small marsh pool (7 cm. deep) with Spartina stricta mari- 

 tima, Salicornia herhacea, Spartina patens. The high specific gravity 

 of the water in this pool due to strong evaporation. Sp. gr. 1.026; 

 temp. 29°. [Sp. gr. 1.02996.] 



78. At head of drainage ditch with Spartina patens. Sp. gr. 

 1.015; temp. 22°. [Sp. gr. 1.0166.] 



79. Hole in Juncus Gerardi association which fringes Spartina 

 patens inwardly and touches an association of Bacchoris halimifolia, 

 Paniciim virgatum, Solidago sempervirens. 



80. At head of drainage ditch with Juncus Gerardi (as in 79). 

 Sp. gr. 1.0165; temp. 19°. [Sp. gr. 1.0174.] 



82. Water from a drainage ditch in Juncus Gerardi association. 

 Soil 49 cm. deep. Sp. gr. 1.0105 ; temp. 21°. [Sp. gr. 1.0117.] 



The observations at Wreck Point were made on August 13, 

 1909, six days after the inlet, which had been closed for some time, 

 was opened. The first three tests were made of the water from the 

 pond proper without relating them to the nearby vegetation. 



83. Water at trolley bridge. Sp. gr. 1.0090; temp. 20°. [Sp. 

 gr. 1. 01 02.] 



84. Water at railroad bridge. Sp. gr. 1.0020; temp. 20°. [Sp. 

 gr. 1.0029.] 



