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creek as shown by the map. We got within twenty-five feet of the creek, 

 and found the passage too small for our boat. I walked the entire center of 

 this territory and found it uniformly bad. We had to go around Egg Island 

 Point. The marsh through this section has a good sod covering, but the 

 undersoil is firm at one place and soft in another. Marsh grass is heavy. 

 We found sollicitans quite numerous. Caniator were found frequently inland. 

 Plenty of larvee. Vial No. 13 taken in place marked. 



Sunday, July loth. — We rounded Egg Island Point and went up Indian 

 creek. Vial No. 14. The conditions just named hold here also. The locality 

 tramped is indicated on map. The shore to Maurice river has marsh to the 

 water's edge, with some sand, not as a bank, however. We could not land 

 along this shore because the wind was blowing too much. I, therefore, can- 

 not report on this stretch of two and one-half miles. Along the Maurice 

 river nothing was found in the form of breeding area. The tides cover the 

 marsh. Our explorations terminated at East, West and Dennis creeks. We 

 ran up Dennis creek about five miles (water distance). The marsh had a 

 large number of bad breeding areas. In the locality marked with ditches 

 was especially bad. The old ditch was in excellent condition, and most of 

 the new ditching well done. The entire marsh has a good top sod and had 

 firm clayey under soil. The territory in locality of East and West creeks 

 has the same general character. The hay crop was heavy, and no doubt the 

 ditching done there and at Dennis creek was for grass improvement. We 

 returned to Maurice river, and Monday, July nth, returned to Bridgeton by 

 trolley. I could not have covered so much territory if the owner of the 

 boat had not been more than willing to hurry on the work. His boat was 

 admirably adapted to the purpose, and the engine did not cause many and 

 no long delays. Mr. Edwin Wescoat, 280 South avenue, Bridgeton, the 

 owner, knows a great deal about the marshes over which we passed, and 

 gave much assistance. At Dennis creek the marsh was very dry, and, hence, 

 no larvae found ; some adults were found, but very few. This gives this 

 extent and finding of our investigations. 



Respectfully, 



July 15th, 1904. JOHN MELLOR. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 INLAND WORK. 



a. THE PROBLEM OE THE ORANGES. 



At the base of the first and second ridges of the Orangfe or 

 Watchung Mountains is a series of towns and villages, extending 

 from Maplewood to Montclair, embracing all the Oranges and a 

 number of other settlements, chiefly to the north and east, that 

 are favored as places of residence by m.any whose business ofifices 

 are in Newark and New York. In some of these towns are the 

 magnificent homes of the wealthy and well to do; in others the 

 more humble yet cosy cottages of the clerks and mechanics whose 



