| Show sei ses devol ring I 1 aglan a by experiences such as hato hate fallen to the lot of the town of dundich dunwich the attention is drawn from time to time to the fact thit that the sea Is making serious e ile upon england s shores but beyond insa ring a vague con ness that they are submitting to an unwarrantable ible invasion the rues cues tion so far has aroused little more than local interest the british assa asso elation however has had bad the subject in hand and five years ago appointed a committee to make full tion with the assistance of the coast guard the inquiry has now been corn com plated and its results were comment bated in a very instructs li e paper which was read before the association at their concluding meeting the report gluts s details of the distri aution of the sea a attack and of the average rate at which its advance Is made and it Is evident that encroach ment presents a very piave grave problem to dwellers upon coasts so men aced it is curious to note though it Is a part of the coast which suffers most generally speaking the eastern ahoi es are wasting most rapid ly nature has provided ded the western coastline with rugged cliffs which sue suc ces defy the onslaughts of the atlantic even in ireland the chief losers are found in the eastern counties of down and dublin in many places there Is a slight compensating gain but the gist of the report la Is the im which it attaches itt aches to artificial structures and ind sea sei walls which has been proved by inquiry and compall son to be a most valuable protection |
