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reached its lowest point ? The conclusion arrived at by the 

 writer, was, that the subsidence had not reached its lowest 

 point; but that no cause for alarm existed since the artificial 

 rise of the land in the town, and the accumulation of drift-sand 

 on the coast, might go far in counteracting the effects of the 

 depression. 



The writer considered it desirable— in order that some data 

 more certain should be obtained-that a series of beach-marks 

 should be fixed in situations not likely to be disturbed, and 

 an accurate record kept of any alteration noticed in them 

 compared with the mean level of the sea. 



