127 
CHANGE IN THE CHANNEL AT SILLOTH. 
The Carlisle Journal of April 1st, 1881, contains a paragraph with the 
above heading, in which it is stated :—‘‘The bed of the channel near Silloth 
jetty is gradually returning to the position it occupie when the Silloth 
Dock was formed. - * ~* Very soon after the dock was formed the channel 
commenced to recede from the jetty. It continued to recede, the sand 
accumulating at the end of the pier to the height of twenty feet. There 
had been a depth of sixteen feet of water at this point, and the alteration 
in the bed of the channel created inconvenience to steamboats in landing 
passengers. A dredger was employed in keeping open the channel. About 
two months ago it became evident that another change had set in, the 
accumulation of sand at the end of the jetty appearing to be getting less. 
Since that the sand has been gradually clearedaway, and now there is again 
sixteen feet of water at the jetty end, enabling steamboats to land passengers 
there at all times of the tide. When the channel receded, the sand accu- 
mulated above the outlet of the sewer on the beach to the extent of about 
ten feet. This is being gradually removed as the channel advances, and, as 
stated, it is expected that the cause of the nuisance complained of at Silloth 
since the outlet of the sewer was filled up will soon exist no longer.” 
