CHAPTER IV. 



LlTERATUBE BeLATIVE TO THE ARREST AND CULTIVATION OF 



Drift-Sands in France. 



The work of planting the Landes of Gascony, as has been stated, was 

 begun in 1789. 



In 1790 was published a Memoire sur les Dunes, &c, by" M. 

 Bremontier, by whom the work was projected and begun under the 

 direction of M. Necker. In this memoir M. Bremontier describes the 

 formation of the sand-dunes, and of the measures which had been 

 adopted to arrest the drifting of the sand. 



In 1806 appeared a Rapport sur les (liferents Memoirs de M. 

 Bremontier, by M. M. Laumont, et autres. 



In 1827 was published Historique de la creation d'une Richesse 

 Millionaire, par la culture des Pins, by M. Delamarre ; 



In 1831, a Notice sur les travaux de la fixation des Dunes, by M. 



"3rt, Ingenieur des Ponts et des Chaussees, in Annales des Ponts et 

 Aausse'es, 1831, 2nd Semestre. 



In 1833, in Annales des Ponts, &c, 1st Semestre, were reprinted 

 the Memoire by Bremontier, and the Rapport, by Laumont and others, 

 mentioned above. 



1842, a Notice sur le pin Maritime, by M. Lorentz, appeared in 

 Annales forestiere. 



1847, a Memoire sur les Dunes de Golf de Gascoyne, par M. Laval, 

 Ingenieur en chef, Directeur des Ponts et Chaussees, appeared in 

 Annales des Ponts, &c, 2nd Semestre. 



This is spoken of as a very remarkable Memoir, which, though 

 less extensive and comprehensive in subject than that of the dis- 

 tinguished Bremontier, fully and perfectly explains the formation of 

 Dunes, and the latest and most approved methods employed to fix 

 them. 



In 1857 was published a second edition of Mise en valeur des terres 

 pauvres par le Pin Maritime, by Am6dee Boitel, Inspecteur de 

 I' agriculture. 



In 1862 appeared an interesting article entitled, Le littoral de la 

 France, by Elissee Reclus, in the Revue des Deux Mondes, for 

 December, 1862. 



