CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



PART I. EARLY WORKS OF EMBANKING AND DRAINING. 



CHAPTEK I. 



Ancient British earthworks Ancient British dwellings Early settlement 

 of Britain Reclamation of Romney Marsh Law and custom of Romney 

 Marsh Kmbankmcnt of the Thames Breaches of the Thames Banks 

 Other reclamations of land Importance of the situation of England 



Page 3-16 



CHAPTEE II. 



Water the chief element contended against by the engineer The Fen Districts 

 of the Great Level Reclamation of Marshland and South Holland by the 

 Romans Carr Dyke Settlement of the Isle of Ely The Fen popu- 

 lation Croyland and St. Guthlac Thorney and Hamsey Drainage 

 works of the early churchmen Morton, Bishop of Ely, his drainage of 

 the North Level Destructive inundations through neglect of the embank- 

 ments, drains, and river outfalls James I. encourages measures for 

 drainage Desolation of the Fens 17-35 



CHAPTEE III. 



Cornelius Vermuyden, the Dutch engineer Undertakes the drainage of 

 Hatfield Chase The Isle of Axholme Dutch capitalists embark in the 

 drainage of Hatfield Chase The works carried out Vermuyden strongly 

 opposed by the native population Riots The embankments broken by 

 the Parliamentarians Vermuyden's difficulties 36-48 



CHAPTEE IV. 



Vermuyden undertakes to drain the Great Level of the Fens Francis Earl 

 of Bedford, the chief undertaker Works first executed Opposition of 

 the inhabitants Failure of the works Oliver Cromwell heads the oppo- 

 sition to the Fen drainers Riots in Lincolnshire, and embankments and 

 drains destroyed Vermuyden recommences the works Their execution 

 and completion Vennuyden's deatli Subsequent improvements in the 

 Fen drainage 49-68 



CHAPTEE V. 



I'.reaehes in the Thames embankment At Limehotise At Dagenham 

 Inrll'eetual attempts made to close tin- breach at Dagenham Captain Perry 

 His engineering works in Russia under Peter the Great Return to 

 Knglaml Undertakes to stop Dagenham breach His plan The breach 

 closed Description of tin- emlianknirnts along tin- Thames Perry's sub- 

 sequent works at live and in tin- Fens His death .. .. 69-82 



