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Is

force

R

little after the

being

hour of High water, and the ebb

dammed at the Lycemoon Pass by

the force of

the

gale

the

general

dia

level was raised about.

2 or 3 feet,

while the woves which rose four feat

were able to wash clean

over

again the Praya roadway- and expend? themselves directly on the prouts of

the houses, none of which however

battered down.

The local con-

were

ditions.

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the harbour therefore

such as to render

unnecessary.

in the nature of

are

sex defence quite

What is wanted is more

a

strong river = wall.

capable of resisting the small

of a

land locked harbour.

Nature of the sea bottom along the site

near wall is more

Seabed. proposed

of the same

wa ace

of

the

or less.

character throughout and

consist

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