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of beach, and with it should be read Mr. Wagner's report on the 

 Seaside Park area. 



b. LONG BEACH. 



This territory was first thoroughly explored by Mr. Viereck 

 between May 15th and 23d, at a period when the first brood was 

 on the wing in great numbers and the second brood had not yet 

 made a start, owing to unfavorable climatic conditions. The 

 territory covered extended from Chadwicks to Life-Saving Sta- 

 tion No. 15, and the report is chiefly on the physical characters. 



I had already, in 1902, covered a considerable portion of this 

 same territory, and as it seemed to require a still closer study 

 I assigned Mr. Wagner to the task and give his report as fol- 

 lows : 



Report on Territory Bxtending from CJiadzvicks 

 to Barnegat Inlet. 



In this report I follow the notes I took as I walked through the territory. 

 I started from the Pennsylvania railroad, where it crosses the bay, and worked 

 north to Chadwicks. Then, beginning at the railroad again, I worked south 

 to Barnegat Inlet. 



(i) In the territory extending 300 feet in from the bay and 1,000 feet north 

 . of the railroad are five or six depressions which collect rain-water and become 

 breeders. No ditching is possible, as the soil is all sand ; the shore and the 

 bay bottom are sand. 



Figure 126. 



(2) The pool here is 300 feet long and 15 feet wide. It breeds profusely. 

 Filling is necessarj' here. 



(3) From Seaside Park to Berkeley, west of the railroad, the land is 

 swampy, with some dry spots. There are not many wrigglers. The soil is 

 sandy. The shore and the bay bottom are sand. No ditching possible. 



(4) East of the railroad the ground is covered with bushes and generally 

 good, so my work was confined mainly to vvest of the railroad. Going north 

 from Berkeley, for 400 feet is dry sand, then 600 feet of swamp ground. Found 

 no wrigglers, but conditions favorable for them. Near Life-Saving Station 

 No. 13 ditches can be dug, but the shore and the bay are sand, making it im- 

 possible to lead the ditches out. 



(5) Fifty feet north of Ortley Station and close to the cast side of the rail- 

 road is a large pool, where breeding goes on plentifully. This place is respon- 

 sible for Ortley's mosquitoes. It should be filled. On the south side of a 

 foot-path from Ortley to the bay and fifty feet from the bay is a bad depres- 



