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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