a. XX.] 



ON THE SUFFOLK COAST. 



5 1 9 



of that valuable manure, the sea- weed, when the north- 

 westerly gales prevail, and are rarely disappointed. 



Ik, — The cliffs of Suffolk, to which we next 



Coast of Suffi 



Norfolk 



but composed of similar alternations of clay, sand, and gravel. 

 From Grorleston in Suffolk, to within a few miles north of 



Near 



Lowestoff, the cliffs are slowly undermined, 

 mentioned town, there is an inland cliff about sixty feet high, 

 the sloping talus of which is covered with turf and heath. 

 Between the cliff and the sea is a low flat tract of sand, called 



most 



Ness 



of reach of the highest tides. The point of the 

 from the base of the original cliff to the distance of 660 yards. 

 " This accession of land, says Mr. Taylor, has been effected at 

 distinct and distant intervals, by the influence of currents 

 running between the land and a shoal about a mile 



Holm 



_* „ ji the Ness 



es or embankments 



limited 



formed within the observation of persons now living. 



A 



i 



ampart of heavy materials is first thrown up to an unusual 



some 



gale. Subsequent tides extend the base of this high bank of 

 shingle, and the interstices are then filled with sand blown 

 from the beach. 



marine 



degrees obtain a footing ; and creeping along the ridge, give 

 solidity to the mass, and form in some cases a matted cover- 

 ing of turf. Meanwhile another mound is forming externally, 

 which by the like process rises and gives protection to the 

 first. If the sea forces its way through one of the external 



incomplete mounds 



After 



marine 



embankments 



sufficiently 



firm 



i 



Of the gradual destruc- 



most 



-cords. Gardner, in his his- 

 tory of that borough, published in 1754, shows, by reference 



many 



