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Important wastes are the blown sandhills, on different por- 

 tions of the coast-line. These in a few places, as at Portrane, 

 county Dublin, have been profitably cultivated ; but usually they 

 are only utilized as rabbit warrens. If planted with pine, as in 

 South France, they might be made a source of revenue. 



