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there is no lunar tide after you get above the influ- 

 ence of the inlet — the rise and fall being governed 

 solely by the winds. 



" Going southward from Mosquito Inlet you enter 

 Hillsborough Eiver ; which, through a winding 

 course between fifteen and sixteen miles long, brings 

 you into Mosquito Lagoon, twelve miles to the 

 southward of the inlet. Two miles and a half up 

 Hillsborough River is New Smyrna, a pretty little 

 settlement on the western bank among orange, fig 

 and banana trees. Nine feet may be taken to abreast 

 of the village; not less than five feet is found for 

 five miles beyond New Smyrna; but above that point 

 no more than three feet can be carried through to 

 Mosquito Lagoon; — although there are deep holes 

 with as much as three and a half fathoms. The 

 channel is narrow and very crooked. 



"Mosquito Lagoon is wide and shallow — its width 

 ranging from one to two and a half miles. It has a 

 general course about S. E. by S., and is between fif- 

 teen and sixteen miles long. A bar of three and a 

 half feet obstructs the entrance from Hillsborough 

 River; but, that once crossed, a good channel, with 

 from five to ten feet takes you to within two miles 

 of its head. This terminates the inland navigation, 

 unless the vessel be able to pass through 'Haul-over 

 Canal.' There is but a foot and a half water in this 

 canal. 



" Indian River maybe entered from seawardby In- 

 dian River Inlet, which cutsthrough the sandy strip 

 of coast-line about one hundred miles to the south- 



