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numbers, almost exclusively sollicitans, C. cantator being repre- 

 sented by straggling- specimens only. This was the largest brood 

 of the season and almost all its members remained on the meadow. 

 There was a little invasion of the adjacent high land, but no real 

 migration. 



Atlantic Highlands. 



The borough of Atlantic Highlands has within its limits a nar- 

 row, winding stream — ]\Iany-mind creek — which eiii]»ties into 

 Raritan bay, and which has been ?id>ject to changes in course at 

 its mouth through ^vinter storms and by the action of the waves. 

 On both sides of this stream is an area of low marsh land, fre- 

 quently covered by the tides, and which was an ideal breeding 

 place for mosquitoes. WTienever the waves had filled or obstructed 

 tlie mouth of the creek this area would fill up and remain filled 

 until a heavy rain or the accumulation from above would be sufii- 

 cient to enable the stream to force its way through the obstruction 

 and open up its mouth to the bay. 



A drainage commission appointed under the law had expended 

 a considerable sum in improving conditions, had deepened and 

 cleaned out the creek, and had begun the construction of a bulk- 

 head to protect the mouth of the creek. Application was made for 

 assistance from the State fund, and about the middle of Jmie a 

 preliminary sun^ey was made. There was some question as to just 

 what method of improvement was best adapted to the local condi- 

 tions, but after some conferences it was decided that ditching 

 would hold if properly placed, and the contract for drainage was 

 awarded, the work to be approved by the surveyor for the commis- 

 sion and Mr. Brehme. It was not until late in September that the 

 work was finally begun after the ditches had been staked out by 

 Mr. Brehme, but they were completed and certified in satisfactory 

 condition on October 13th. A bulldiead extending out some two 

 hundred and fifty feet through the surf has also been erected, and 

 will, it is believed, be sufiicient to protect the mouth of the creek 

 from further impairment by the sea. On Xovember 5th I went 

 over the ground with ]\Ir. Brehme and the contractor, and the 

 result seems to be satisfactory. In some places the ditches i-un 

 through a sandy streak, and must be sloped and looked after, but 

 there seems to be no reason why, with reasonable care, the drainage 



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