to
a
artains width
opening of his
in the opening
proposed
breakwater
in order to prevent
the creation of shoals
within
the harbour.
Just the Surveyor
General refers to the
expense of the main-
tenance of a
barrier.
formed by sunken
junks, but he has
overlorked
the
fact,
time
that if sunk
of war
in
they would
not have to be maintained
inf
Sust
rssert "A"
in
191
peace time after.
-wards, having answered
the purpose of a temporary
barrier. Similarly the #jinks to be experimentally
punk would
not have
to be maintained,
But bven if the burazor
his
Generato statement
Regards shoals
as
can be
explained, yet the action
of the tide is so
irregular
that
#
nothing short
of the experiment will
eet the
matter at rest,
and
in
carrying it
out