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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  7 
  to 
  8 
  feet 
  except 
  near 
  the 
  slioies, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  only 
  about 
  li 
  to 
  4 
  feet. 
  

   At 
  Cocoa 
  and 
  Roclcledge, 
  about 
  liO 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Titusvillc, 
  the 
  river 
  is 
  

   less 
  than 
  three-fourths 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  in 
  width, 
  the 
  depth 
  beiug 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  next 
  45 
  miles 
  southward 
  the 
  river 
  continues 
  uniformly 
  nar- 
  

   row, 
  the 
  width 
  uowhere 
  scarcely 
  exceodiug- 
  a 
  mile, 
  excei)t 
  off 
  the 
  mouth 
  

   of 
  Sebastian 
  J 
  liver, 
  where 
  it 
  in 
  some 
  i)laces 
  reaches 
  about 
  L* 
  miles. 
  From 
  

   Cocoa 
  to 
  Melbourne 
  tlie 
  depth 
  runs 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  At 
  one 
  place, 
  

   about 
  4 
  miles 
  above 
  Eau 
  Gallic, 
  the 
  Coast 
  Survey 
  chart 
  shows 
  a 
  depth 
  

   of 
  17 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  channel, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  greatest 
  depth 
  given 
  for 
  Indian 
  

   Elver. 
  Between 
  Melbourne 
  and 
  Sebastian 
  the 
  eastern 
  shoreline 
  is 
  

   much 
  more 
  irregular, 
  the 
  width 
  variable, 
  and 
  the 
  depth 
  li 
  or 
  3 
  feet 
  less. 
  

   A 
  short 
  distance 
  below 
  Sebastian 
  are 
  the 
  '^ 
  Narrows," 
  where 
  several 
  

   small 
  islands 
  reduce 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  to 
  a 
  few 
  rods. 
  Below 
  this 
  

   it 
  again 
  widens 
  to 
  li 
  to 
  2 
  miles, 
  the 
  depth 
  running 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  d 
  feet. 
  

   Opposite 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  the 
  minimum 
  width 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  1 
  mile, 
  but 
  imme- 
  

   diately 
  below 
  it 
  increases 
  to 
  about 
  2 
  miles. 
  From 
  Fort 
  Pierce 
  to 
  below 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  Eiver, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  22 
  miles, 
  the 
  width 
  

   varies 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  miles 
  and 
  the 
  depth 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  10 
  feet. 
  

  

  About 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  miles 
  below 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Lucie 
  are 
  found 
  the 
  

   North 
  Jupiter 
  Narrows, 
  which 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  mile 
  are 
  only 
  20 
  to 
  30 
  rods 
  

   wide. 
  Below 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  expansion 
  known 
  as 
  Peck 
  Lake. 
  Then 
  

   the 
  river 
  again 
  contracts, 
  and, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  South 
  Jupiter 
  Nar- 
  

   rows, 
  extends 
  southward 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  3 
  miles 
  as 
  an 
  extremely 
  narrow 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  tortuous 
  waterway, 
  with 
  a 
  depth 
  varying 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  14 
  

   feet. 
  Below 
  South 
  Jupiter 
  Narrows 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  expansion 
  known 
  as 
  

   Hobe 
  Sound, 
  the 
  greatest 
  width 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  mile, 
  the 
  

   length 
  about 
  5 
  or 
  miles, 
  and 
  the 
  depth 
  3 
  to 
  9 
  feet. 
  Near 
  latitude 
  

   27° 
  is 
  another 
  short 
  narrows 
  separating 
  Hobe 
  Sound 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  from 
  

   Jupiter 
  Sound 
  on 
  the 
  south. 
  Jupiter 
  Sound 
  is 
  similar 
  to 
  Hobe 
  Sound, 
  

   and 
  extends 
  from 
  this 
  " 
  narrows" 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Jupiter 
  Eiver, 
  a 
  little 
  

   over 
  3 
  miles. 
  Opposite 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Jupiter 
  Eiver 
  is 
  Jupiter 
  Inlet, 
  

   which 
  is 
  regarded 
  as 
  being 
  at 
  the 
  southern 
  end 
  of 
  Indian 
  Eiver. 
  

  

  Inlets. 
  — 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  at 
  present 
  is 
  connected 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  directly 
  

   with 
  the 
  ocean 
  at 
  four 
  diflerent 
  places. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  near 
  the 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  is 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Haulover 
  Canal. 
  This 
  canal 
  

   cuts 
  through 
  a 
  very 
  narrow 
  sand 
  isthmus 
  and 
  connects 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  

   with 
  Mosquito 
  Lagoon 
  or 
  Hillsboro 
  Eiver, 
  which, 
  in 
  turn, 
  is 
  connected 
  

   with 
  the 
  ocean 
  by 
  Mosquito 
  Inlet. 
  

  

  Indian 
  Eiver 
  Inlet 
  is 
  in 
  latitude 
  27° 
  30', 
  and 
  almost 
  opposite 
  St. 
  Lucie. 
  

   This 
  inlet 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  long 
  and 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  rods 
  wide. 
  Its 
  

   depth 
  varies 
  from 
  7 
  to 
  12 
  feet, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  inner 
  end, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   normally 
  quite 
  shallow. 
  The 
  Government 
  is 
  doing 
  considerable 
  

   dredging 
  at 
  this 
  place, 
  and 
  the 
  inlet 
  will 
  doubtless 
  be 
  greatly 
  improved. 
  

   Besides 
  the 
  inlet 
  proper 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  other 
  shallower 
  channels 
  or 
  

   cuts, 
  as 
  Fort 
  Pierce 
  Channel, 
  Baker 
  Cut, 
  Garfield 
  Cut, 
  and 
  Blue 
  Hole 
  

   Cut, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  connect 
  directly 
  or 
  indirectly 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  inlet. 
  

  

  