brannek: the stone reefs of brazil. 



165 



toward the sea, and in time the space between the reefs and the shores 

 must be closed, even without any alteration of level of the coast. 



.•T AM AM DA R E ,* 



■V Trap.th, p, 



i^GRT OF TAMANDARE 



Coast of Pev-nambuco^Braztl. 



Stnto Ijixcco Lit e'4y40'S Long 55*05 0» 

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Scale in MiLts- 



Fig. 93. 



It is a well-known fact among engineers that when headlands appear 

 above water, they are attacked by the waves, but at the same time they 

 cause a seaward advance of the shores behind them. This is well illus- 



