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Society, and was orij^inally used in illustration of the Rev. W. 

 Lower Carter's paper on the Glaciation of the Don and Dearne 



Valleys. 



COAST KROSIOX. 



Probably at no pre\ ions period has the question oi the 

 erosion of our coast been broug-ht so prominently before the 

 public as during- the past two or three years. Committees 

 have been investigating^ and reporting, oflicial enquirx' has been 

 made by the government, several books have been written, and 

 magazine articles innumerable have been issued. Perhaps one 

 of the most interesting of these last named appeared in a special 



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Map of the Spurn District. 



The shaded portion shows the flooded area ; the darker strip indicates the part 

 eroded duriiifi the past six years. 



supplement to the Sphere, which was illustrated by an admirable 

 series of photographs showing the effect of the erosion of the 

 sea in various parts of England, but particularly in South-Hast 

 Yorkshire, where the floods of the past summer also played 

 havoc. Several local photographs, and drawings by Mr. 

 Percy Home, are reproduced, as well as plans, etc. One 

 of the illustrations we are kindly permitted by the proprietors 

 of the Sp/itre to i^epioduce. 



Nattiralisl, 



