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Show Sfi Dinmirhic 1 niiliiiiil. Hv epeileiues such as bine rnllen to the lot of the town of Duuwldi the utteiitlon isdiawu fiom time to time to the fuel that tho sea Is milking seilous oiieioichmeiits upon England's shoies. Hut, be. oud lusplilng a ngue inn-selousness inn-selousness tint the, me submitting to nn iiiiwiiiiautable liiaslnu, tho (.lies-lion (.lies-lion so far has moused little more than local Intetest The Hiltlsh Asso elation, howier, has had the subject lu baud, aud the cars ago appointed n committee to make fkill Imestlga-tlon. Imestlga-tlon. With the 113518111110? of the coast guard the Inquiry has now been completed, com-pleted, nnd Its results were communicated communi-cated In n etj luslructhe paper which was read before tlio pmoelatlon nt their concluding meeting. Tho report gles details of the distil-button distil-button of the sea's nttaek, nnd of the nerago rate at whkh Its aihaiue Is made, nnd It Is c blent that encroachment encroach-ment presents n erj grave pioblcm to dwellers upon coasts so scilously menaced. men-aced. It Is anions to note that though It Is a part of tho Wesh coast whhh sulTeis most, generally speaking, the eastern shoies nre wasting most lapld-ly. lapld-ly. Nature has pro tiled the western coastllnp with nigged cliffs, which success! suc-cess! py defy the onslaughts of the Atlantic. Een In Iiehind the chief losers me found lu tho eastern counties ot Down nnd Dublin. In many places there Is n slight compensating gain. Hut the gist of the repert Is the Im-poitaiup Im-poitaiup which it attaches to artificial structures nnd sea walls, which has been proed by Inquiry nnd conipnii son to be a most wilu iblc protection. |