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CHAPTER III. 



THE RECLAMATION AND PROTECTION OF TIDAL LANDS 

 SITUATED ON ESTUARIES. 



Object of tidal reclamations. Interest taken in the subject at present. 

 Dee reclamations. Land-making schemes and navigation not always 

 compatible. "Warping." Amount of matter held in suspension in 

 different estuaries. Land made by tidal deposits a slow process. 

 Level at which vegetation appears. Interests of agriculture and naviga- 

 tion are often identical. "Warping" maybe hastened by very slight 

 works. Time at which marsh -land is fit for inclosure. Agricultural 

 treatment of reclaimed land. Conditions which are necessary to pro- 

 fitable reclamation 22 



CHAPTEE IV. 



EXAMPLES OF TIDAL RECLAMATIONS. 



Examples of tidal reclamations at Lough Foyle, Morecambe Bay, the Dee, 

 the Tay, the Lune, the Humber, the Kibble, the Nith, the Forth, and 

 the Tees. Line of conservation for estuarial reclamation works . . 44 



CHAPTER V. 



THE DEFENCE OF SEA-SHORES AGAINST THE ACTION 

 OF THE WAVES. 



Works should not be of an aggressive character, but purely for defence. 

 Rubble moles. Groins. Continuous line of piling with occasional low 

 jetties. Drainage of Reclamation Works . . . . . .60 



