IGi 



THE OCEAX. 



Sandy sliores, as well as rocky coasts, have a normal profile 

 composed of a series of bays and points. But these points, the re- 

 lief of which is modified by every wave, are generally more rounded 

 in their extremity than the promontories of rock. The monoton- 

 ous coast of the Landes, which extends over a length of nearly 140 

 miles, from the mouth of the Gironde to that of the Adour, may be 

 taken as a type of the shores which the waves of the sea model at 

 their will. On these coasts the uniformity of the landscape is complete. 

 The traveller in vain hastens forward ; he might believe he had hardly 

 changed his place, so immutable does the aspect of the scenery remain ; 



Fig. 67.— Curves of the coast between Oneglia aiid Savone. 



