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III. 

 ON THE MOUTH OF THE STOUR. 



Abstract of a Paper by G. DOWKER, F.G.S., 



Read April 13th, 1896. 



In this Paper the author stated that the month nf ^h. Qf 



marked 10 a measure the recession of the se. Td in fh,-« f ""' 



there are numerous historical data that kllP ::LV'll^^r 



It was instructive to watch the arfinn nf n +V7 1 • 

 the varying circumstances met wJ h .mder excess ^era'Sr'^'l 

 recurring h gh tides The infhnr 1,0 i „ excessive ramtall, and 



noting the elects oftl.em^a^:^:^^^^^'^'^^'? '' 



v ;i -. -luaiapei He lead before this Societv in issn \.^ 



had recorded some of the changes that had taken place in East 

 Kent since the Roman occupation of Britain * 



river', mouth, th/C to„V tlT, ^^ro n'lri ^'T"^ ""> 

 the past, owing to the more woody coveling of th^e "and "^' ^" 



