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ble and that the composition is such that ditches will stand every- 

 where. His report is as follows : 



There is a very narrow strip of meadow land from Mays 

 Landing to High Bank Landing on both sides of the river, in 

 which there are some breeding places. They are all of small 

 extent, none of them very bad, and can be drained directly into 

 the river at very slight expense. 



South of High Bank Landing to Steelmans Landing the 

 meadow broadens out and contains some rather extensive and 

 very bad breeding places. In improving this stretch it will be 

 necessary to put in some wide main ditches to which the narrow 

 branches could be led, for there are few natural drainage chan- 

 nels in this place. 



On the east side of the river, extending to half a mile above 

 Steelmans Landing, there is no marsh land whatever. Pine 

 woodland and sand extend to the edge, and these afford no breed- 

 ing places. 



The area south of Steelmans Landing to Gibsons Landing on 

 the west side of the river has some very bad mosquito territory 

 which, however, is easily drainable, because there are many little 

 creeks into which ditches can be run. 



On the east side of the river from a point half a mile north of 

 Steelmans Landing, extending to English Creek, there is one 

 mass of pools. Some of these are stocked with fish and are safe ; 

 but most of them have no fish and breed ungodly masses of 

 mosquitoes. This area has very few natural creeks, and the 

 drainage problem is not quite so simple. It will be necessary to 

 have some long wide ditches here to take the narrow laterals 

 leading to all the bad spots. 



Between Gibsons Landing and Middle River the meadow 

 widens out and is from one to four miles broad. It has plenty 

 of bad spots, but has also numerous little creeks into which 

 they can be readily drained; so that, for so large an area, the 

 task is surprisingly easy. 



The territory between Middle River and Tuckahoe River is 

 also a bad one, with lots of breeding places, many of which can 

 Idc easily disposed of by running short ditches into the numerous 

 little creeks that penetrate the meadow in every direction, or into 

 the rivers themselves. 



In the stretch on the south side of Tuckahoe Creek some bad 

 breeding places have been found ; but this is also a naturally well 

 drained marsh and needs only a little intelligent work to make 

 it safe. Inspections were continued on this side of the river from 

 Beesley's Point to just above Cedar Creek, the same general con- 

 ditions being found throughout. 



