54 GEOLOGICAL AGE AND FORMATION. 



itself in most respects. The part called Old Beach is made 

 up of parallel ridges, which extend without breaks almost 

 the whole length of the beach. The timber on it is also 

 very old. Little or Young Beach has its hills shorter and 

 more irregular, and the timber on it is younger. The 

 " Savannah' are open, flat spaces between the parallel ridges 

 of Old Beach. In wet seasons these are covered with fresh 

 water, and then are called Slashes. They are a little 

 higher at the end, so that the water is shut in. Water- 

 fowl frequent the slashes in great numbers, and they are 

 noted resorts for sportsmen. For the last three years those 

 on Five-mile Beach have been mostly dry, and now are 

 •covered with grass, weeds, and moss. The ridges on Old 

 Beach are of about the usual height, but Young Beach is 

 much higher in some places. A section across Seven-mile 

 Beach would vary but little from this; there are, in some 

 places, a greater number of parallel ridges on Old Beach, 

 the ridges being lower and wider apart, which are further 

 out in the marsh. 



Peck's and Ludlam's Beaches consist of but little except 

 the irregular hills of the Young Beach. A trace of the 

 parallel ridges may perhaps be recognized on the northeast 

 end of Peck's Beach, and on the southwest end of Ludlam's. 

 Two-mile Beach is shorter and more curved, but it is 

 covered with aged timber. 



The beaches are wearing away by the action of the 

 waves; and there are places on Peck's and Ludlam's 

 Beaches where the sea has broken entirely over them, and 

 spread the sand on the marsh, so that nothing but a sandy 

 shore is now left between the ocean and the marsh 



