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cliff 25 feet in height, cut in till. To the east the cliff becomes 

 much lower. About half a mile east of the wharf occurs one of 

 the most perfect examples of the V-bars. The sea-cliff of till 

 here has a height a little under 5 feet. There is a narrow beach 

 about 20 feet in width. The front of the cliff behind the fore- 

 land is more subdued than elsewhere ; it is graded, and is covered 

 with sod. The bars which inclose a triangular lagoon are built 

 of gravel and sand. The material of the east arm is chiefly a 

 coarse gravel ; that of the west is gravel with a much larger per- 

 centage of finer material and some sand. On the inner side 

 there is a small amount of clayey soil which has gradually been 

 blown or washed into the lagoon. The bars are of at least three 

 periods of formation. The oldest rises 3.2 feet above water level 

 the next oldest 4 feet, and the present one about 3 feet. The 

 older beaches have been in part cut off by the newer, as shown 

 in the plan. 



The inclosed lagoon is triangular in outline, with rounded 

 corners. The base on the old shore measures about 210 feet, the 

 apical distance along the axis is about 135 feet. The depth of 

 water is about 18 inches. It is more or less grown over with 

 water plants and grasses. The east arm of the triangle measures 

 144 feet; the west, 165. The apex of the spit is rounded and the 

 nearly straight sides join the shores with short concave curves of 

 adjustment. The east arm of the bar is much higher and wider 

 than the west arm, and its outer end has several times been 

 truncated by stronger storms from the east. The present form 

 of the spit is thought to be due to the activity of the waves, 

 chiefly from the east. The western arm has been straightened 

 and smoothed off at frequent intervals by the less violent, but 

 more constant waves from the southwest. The bottom on which 

 the terrace rests here slopes rapidly downward under the bay, 

 the lOO-foot contour lying less than a quarter of a mile off shore. 



A reference to the general map shows that this spit is located 

 very near one of the most salient points of the north shore of 

 this section of the bay. On the ground its actual location is 

 about a quarter of a mile to the east of this point, and hence it 

 is sheltered by the point from the storms which blow directly 



