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Some of the latter are situated on the tributary stream Aiit, and 
on the Hundred Stream. The Broads on the Yare are only four 
in number. 
Perhaps the reason why there are fewer Broads on the Yare than 
on the Bure, is that the average breadth of the former is much 
greater than that of the latter. The general breadth of the Yare is 
150 feet, and that of the Bure, 100 feet. 
These are as follows : — 
There is also a small Broad at liassingham, near Buckenham, on 
the opposite side of the river to the two last mentioned. Breydon 
has an acreage of 1200 acres. 
To sum up — the physical characters of the Broads are distin- 
guished from the Meres by being always situated on or near rivers, 
and therefore they occupy the lowest level. Their bottoms, when 
denuded of their muddy deposits, are generally of chalk. 
I am afraid I have drawn largely on your patience in thus enter- 
ing so minutely into the circumstances under which they were 
formed, as well as into their antiquity. My only apology is that I 
found it so entertaining, that I could not leave off before. 
With regard to the Norfolk ]\reres — the origin of the name is so 
palpable that I need not stay to mention it. 
The Meres are not by far so numerous as the Broads, and they 
are distinguished by the following physical characters : — As a rule, 
they ai‘Q situated on the upper boulder clays, as at Scoulton, 
Wretham, and elsewhere, and therefore occupy higher levels than 
the Broads. They are not in connection with any rivers, and rarely 
with even small streams. They occupy the lower parts of the 
district, and are fed by small runnels during rainy weather. Hence 
they frequently dry up during a season of drought, their water 
supply being simply the storeage of the wet seasons. I do not 
think many of the ]\Ieres are fed by springs. If they were, the 
springs would have to issue from the drift sand which usually lie 
underneath the boulder clay, and I think a communication like this 
would b(? much more likely to let the water out, than to ]iour it in. 
Acre.s. 
Buckenham 
Strumpshaw 
Rockland 
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