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minimum of less than 400 ft. But for the swift running tidal 

 currents the spit would completely impound South Pond, extending 

 across to the other headland; at best only a shallow and narrow 

 channel now exists. 



Fig. 2. — Aspy Bay region: sand spit on which sand dune is located marked by 

 arrow; light shading indicates upland; dark shading indicates lowland. 



The present condition of the area may be seen from fig. 3, 

 which attempts to show the distribution of the existing plant asso- 

 ciations. The dune complex, which is some 300 ft. wide, occupies 

 less than one-half the length of the spit, being replaced in part at 

 its southeastern extremity by a middle beach 400 ft. in width. 



