THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
A NaTMIAI. I'iIKNOMKNON. Poking jihout ilif iiys <>{ the* Fnglisli coast. Air Belloc wonders why so many estuaries in Western Europe .uni Africa, ulnrii in the Middle Ages were tinvLicde by e mipiiratLcly large tessels for a considerable distal).e, are mi,: iinpossible <*r (lillieult. f ities quite a long way from the sea. such as c antcrliury. Exeter, Winchester, even .salisuurv. were formerly seaports. I lie .stock explanation is that the rivi:s, continually bring down mud and sand, have, silted up in the process ol lime. But this does not satisiy the author. Ihe rivers have been running lor (elilurit S incalculable. I hey have had halt an eternity to silt up. and if this were the only fa: tor at work it must have reached its limits long Oetufe mail ever sailed the sea. He suggests that imperceptible earth mo\inneiu s have raised the level of the land.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1925, Page 2
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152THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES. Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1925, Page 2
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