REPORT ON MOSQUITOES. 429 



The stretch from Bay Head to Life Saving Station Xo. 11, 

 about a mile south of Mantaloking, was thoroughly inspected and 

 breeding places were found on all the salt marsh area between 

 these two points. But the strip of marsh land is very narrow 

 and very little work is required to drain it perfectly into the 

 Metedeconk River and Barnegat Bay. 



The area from Bay Head to Wardell's Point, on the mainland, 

 also tontains a number of breeding places, which can be readily 

 drained into the river. 



On the south side of the JMetedeconk River to the north side 

 of Kettle Creek there are a lot of mosquito pools, the greater por- 

 tion of them lying close to the highland. While there are many 

 places on this territory that bred countless thousands of the in- 

 sects, it will, nevertheless, be easy to dispose of them, because 

 the marsh is cut up by tide creeks, all deep enough to afford 

 excellent outlets for ditches, so that in most instances the breed- 

 ing areas can be readily drained into a nearby creek by a short 

 ditch. 



The area between Kettle Creek and Mosquito Cove has a num- 

 ber of bad spots, but there is only a narrow strip of marsh and 

 it can be very readily drained into the bay. 



From Mosquito Cove to Island Heights on Toms River mat- 

 ters are worse than they are further north and many bad 

 stretches were found. But all of these can be readily drained into 

 either Goose Creek or the bay itself, good outlets for ditches 

 being offered by both. 



Good Luck Point, Toms River, to Mill Creek, South of Mana- 



hawken. 



Inspections made between Good Luck Point and Cedar Creek 

 resulted in the discovery of so many breeding places that it may 

 be said that the entire salt marsh there is a danger spot. The 

 marsh is about half a mile wide, but is cut up by creeks and 

 natural ditches so that no part of it is very far from tide water. 

 All these natural water courses are deep enough to serve as out- 

 lets for ditches and to drain two-foot ditches completely at low 

 water. 



The territory between Cedar Creek and Forked River is of 

 the same general character as the preceding and offers opportu- 

 nity for breeding enormous swarms of mosquitoes. The marsh 

 is wider than the one just north, but is equally well provided with 

 deep creeks which would serve to receive ditches for draining 

 the bad pools. Killies are abundant in these creeks, and if con- 



