The Loss and Gain of Land in Britain 4<) 



Level" takes its name. So Vermuyden's scheme was 

 carried out, rivers were altered and turned about, and 

 new cuts were made to the sea. The country was 

 divided into the North, Middle, and South Levels, 

 crossed by large straight drains into which smaller 

 drains, guarded by sluice doors, emptied themselves. 



In the Fens. Returning from work 



Windmills were erected to lift the water to the higher 

 level, but now steam pumping works have taken their 

 place, and soon the picturesque old mills will be a 

 matter of history. 



In Kent there is a very extensive district known 

 as Romney Marsh which has been won from the sea. 



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