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sion — not large, however. It needs filling. Ditching here, as in the rest of 

 the places, is impossible because of the sandy character of the soil. 



(6) From Ortley to Lavalette, on both sides of the railroad, water has col- 

 lected on account of the embankment of the railroad. Breeding goes on. 

 Filling is necessary. 



(7) In the southern part of Lavalette, along Pennsylvania avenue, a road 

 has been built up. On each side of it are holes containing larvae. 



(8) From Ortley to Lavalette, on both sides of the railroad, there is a thick 

 growth of bushes. The land is generally dry, but in many places, on moving 

 back the foliage, little holes, I to 2 inches deep and 6 inches in diameter, are 

 discovered, full of larvse. 



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Figure 127. 



(9) This pool has grass in it, and three inches of water. I found it full of 

 larvae. It should be filled. 



(10) Between Lavalette and Chadwicks are many creeks which overflow 

 and wet the land. One thousand feet south of the Chadwicks station is a dug 

 ditch for haying purposes running from the railroad to the bay. Where the 

 hay is cut are holes six inches in diameter with three inches of water. These 

 holes contain wrigglers. 



From Lavalette to Chadwicks the soil has less of a sandy character, being 

 more swamp-like and covered with tide-water. 



North of Chadwicks the neck of land becomes very narrow, cut into by 

 creeks and inlets, and marsh-like in nature. 



(11) After going north to Chadwicks I started from the railroad south to 

 Barnegat Inlet. From the railroad, where it crosses the bay to South Seaside 

 .Park, for 600 feet in from, the bay the ground is variable in character. Some 

 parts are dry sand, others have grass with water present and breeding going 

 on sparsely; still other places are covered with thick bushes growing in water 

 often six inches deep. The shore and the bay bottom are all sand, making 

 ditching into the bay impossible. This is true all the way to the Inlet. On 

 either side of a path leading from South Seaside Park to the bay breeding is 

 in great evidence. 



(12) For about 1,300 feet below South Seaside Park, extending to within 

 fifty feet of the shore (which is solid sand), there is a swamp covered with 

 four inches of water. In the main body of the swamp breeding is not gen- 

 eral, taking place in spots where there is a break in the grass-growths. But 

 at the edges of the swamp are holes not over two feet in diameter which are 

 bad breeders. 



(13) From here on the ground becomes high, trees grow, and bushes, clear 

 to the edge of the bay. Half way between the ocean and the bay, and 100 

 feet north of Reed street (which leads to Life-Saving Station No. 14), is a 

 large pool in among the trees. No breeding goes on in the pool, but in holes 

 at the edges of the pool, larvje are present. 



