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pofed entirely of Tea fand ; which, in fome 106. 



place-?, is pretty well overgrown, and bound MARRAM 

 together by a rulh-like vegetable called, in 

 that neighbourhood, " marram" (the arutido 

 (irenaria of LiNNvtus) which the poor people 

 cut and fell for thatch. 



Thcfe hillocks, however, do not ferve the 

 purpofe of a fecure embankment againft the fea; 

 they being, in many places, divided down to 

 their bales, by fluices of different widths ; 

 ' namely, from five to fifteen or perhaps twenty 

 yards wide, Through thefe inlets, in boifterous 

 weather, and with an eafterly wind, the fea 

 rufhcs, and overflows the country. 



The hills have a pi&urefque, though dreary 

 appearance, and afford a romantic ride : the 

 traveller may in general pafs either on the 

 beach or the land fide ; winding through the 

 openings at pleafure. 



The manner in which thefe banks have 

 been originally formed appears at fir ft fight 

 myfterious : how the fand iliould be blown up 

 into heaps, and not fcattered flat over the face 

 of the adjoining country, feems inexplicable. 

 The marram, it is true, may have aflifted ; 

 but this, alone, feems unequal to the tafk. 



Until we had pnffed Mr. B e's marlhes, the 



beach 



