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d Reclamation 



When this was done, the slopes facing the ocean were 

 planted with the Sea Bent Grass which soon took root and grew 

 very strongly, the saline character of the sand evidently being 

 suited to its requirements. In a few months these slopes were 

 one mass of the strong, healthy grass with its thick, creeping, per- 

 ennial roots anchored deeply in the sand. 



The mass of sand is thrown up from the ocean and left on 

 the beach by thousands of tons, and, when dried by the sun, is 



Eucalyptus in Sand Near Coast. 



blown inland by the winds, being carried many miles unless 

 obstructed. 



After the construction of the driveway, this sand, when 

 moved by the wind, was caught by the grass planted on the 

 slopes of the newly built road and held there, the grass pushing 

 through the sand as it was piled up, until to-day there is an 

 embankment formed by this drift-sand which is from ten to 



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