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  REPORT 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  Seven 
  Mile 
  Beach, 
  Cape 
  May 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley, 
  Coastal 
  Strip 
  and 
  

   Maritime. 
  A 
  long, 
  narrow 
  island 
  fronting 
  the 
  ocean, 
  between 
  those 
  

   on 
  which 
  Sea 
  Isle 
  City 
  and 
  Holly 
  Beach 
  are 
  situated. 
  

  

  Shark 
  River, 
  Monmouth 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley. 
  Forms 
  a 
  large 
  lake, 
  

   which 
  opens 
  into 
  the 
  ocean 
  by 
  a 
  narrow 
  inlet 
  at 
  Belmar, 
  rising 
  on 
  

   each 
  side 
  to 
  meadow 
  and 
  woodland. 
  

  

  Shiloh, 
  Cumberland 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley. 
  Four 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  

   . 
  Bridgeton; 
  level, 
  light 
  soil, 
  with 
  partly 
  deciduous, 
  though 
  scrubby 
  

   woodland. 
  

  

  Short 
  Hills, 
  Essex 
  County: 
  Highlands. 
  Seven 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Newark, 
  

   among 
  low 
  hills, 
  with 
  deciduous 
  woodland 
  and 
  small 
  stony 
  brooks. 
  

  

  Shrewsbury, 
  Monmouth 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley. 
  Two 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  

   Red 
  Bank; 
  low 
  meadows 
  and 
  flat, 
  deciduous 
  and 
  coniferous 
  wood- 
  

   land. 
  

  

  Somers 
  Point, 
  Atlantic 
  County, 
  on 
  Egg 
  Harbor 
  Bay: 
  Delaware 
  Valley 
  on 
  

   the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Coastal 
  strip. 
  The 
  usual 
  maritime 
  character, 
  backed 
  

   by 
  scrub 
  and 
  pine 
  land. 
  

  

  Singac, 
  Passaic 
  County:' 
  Piedmont 
  Plain. 
  About 
  five 
  miles 
  southwest 
  of 
  

   Paterson: 
  rather 
  level, 
  rolling 
  country 
  with 
  much 
  low 
  growth 
  and 
  

   small 
  wooded 
  sections. 
  

  

  Smithville, 
  Burlington 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley. 
  Two 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Mt. 
  

   Holly, 
  on 
  Rancocas 
  Creek. 
  Good 
  cultivated 
  land 
  above 
  the 
  marshy 
  

   meadows. 
  

  

  Snake 
  Hill, 
  Hudson 
  County: 
  Delaware 
  Valley. 
  A 
  rather 
  large 
  wooded 
  hill 
  

   rising 
  abruptly 
  from 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  Hackensack 
  meadows 
  west 
  of 
  

   Hoboken. 
  The 
  base 
  of 
  this 
  hill 
  is 
  a 
  refuge 
  for 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   swamp 
  inhabitants 
  that 
  hibernate 
  there, 
  and 
  many 
  collectors 
  from 
  

   New 
  York, 
  Jersey 
  City 
  and 
  Newark 
  have 
  filled 
  their 
  boxes 
  and 
  bottles 
  

   in 
  early 
  spring 
  from 
  the 
  material 
  gathered 
  beneath 
  the 
  stones 
  and 
  

   among 
  the 
  rubbish. 
  

  

  South 
  Amboy, 
  Middlesex 
  County: 
  Pine 
  Barrens 
  at 
  edge 
  of 
  Delaware 
  Val- 
  

   ley. 
  Marsh 
  and 
  scrub-land 
  sandy, 
  but 
  with 
  gravelly 
  hills 
  wooded 
  with 
  

   evergreen 
  and 
  deciduous, 
  low, 
  scrub-like 
  trees 
  and 
  bushes. 
  Offers 
  

   quite 
  diverse 
  collecting 
  grounds. 
  

  

  So. 
  Camden: 
  like 
  Camden. 
  

  

  Southern 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  same 
  as 
  South 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  South 
  Jersey. 
  Means 
  usually 
  the 
  pine 
  barrens 
  and 
  maritime 
  region, 
  em- 
  

   bracing 
  roughly 
  the 
  territory 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  Jersey 
  and 
  Seashore 
  

   Railroad. 
  

   ■ 
  South 
  River, 
  Middlesex 
  County: 
  Pine 
  Barrens. 
  Means 
  the 
  territory 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  Milltown 
  and 
  South 
  River 
  along 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  trolley, 
  and 
  

   usually 
  the 
  swampy 
  woodland. 
  

  

  Sparta, 
  Sussex 
  County: 
  Highlands. 
  On 
  the 
  Wallkill 
  River, 
  elevation 
  about 
  

   650 
  feet, 
  rising 
  on 
  all 
  sides; 
  four 
  miles 
  northeast 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  

   Lake 
  Hopatcong. 
  

  

  Speedwell, 
  Burlington 
  County: 
  Pine 
  Barrens. 
  About 
  fifteen 
  miles 
  south- 
  

   east 
  of 
  Whitings 
  and 
  similar 
  in 
  character. 
  

  

  Split 
  Rock 
  Lake, 
  Morris 
  County: 
  Highlands. 
  Five 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  

   Boonton. 
  

  

  