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thief, !" and oar experience fully corrobo-
rates his Oar coasts have been tho
roughly ravagcd by the relentless force
of this powerful cement, and many are
the towns and villages that have fallen
victims to its Unsuitable NAV. No coubt
the sea has always been washing away
our crumbling cliffs. and many traditions
still linger Of ancient c;tics and vast
tracts Of land forever buried beneath the
wave. Let us recount a few.
On the coast Of Yorkshire, from Flam-
borough head to Spurn point, the dam
age done by The sea for ages has been
very extensive. Prof. Phillips estimates
the loss of land at the rate OF about two
and quarter yards per year on an aver,
age. Many villages have been washed
from its shores which are now forgotten:
On some of our old maps We may read
such items as s'Iartaurn, washed away
by the sea-" ssHyde, lost III the sea-;
"Hero stood Auburn, which was washed
away by the sea-" The Rev. r. Wilton,
M. A., has composed graceful little
poem on the latter place. 1t Is SAID that
the ruins of Auhsrn are still to be seen
opposite Aulwn honse. Rridlington
quay has been subjected TO many ravages;
in 1887, after stormy Weather, the whole
was n scene of ruin, houses being de-
stroyed aId the north pier severed from
the land. Houses have frequently been
taken down TO save them from being
swept into the sea. Seventeen or eigh-
teen hundred ears ago We are told that
a Roman villa uf great proportions stood
on Eiiey Bay itJsir Felix Portus); how
mach remains 81 ii u1w? Within the last
twenty wears Prot. Phillips tells us Of
tie discovery of tie traces of building
on the very edge Of the cliff, rudely
paved, with corner stones mortised in
the middle fos upright posts: central
stone: the floor covered from foot to a
foot and q half deep with the bones of
animals used for food; great amount of
pottery, nearly all Roman; coins, and
many other things, showing it to have
been large residence luxuriously kept,
possibly part OF a pr@torium.
Outhorne is another departed village.
In 1923 its churchyga'd remained with
only enc tombstone, which the sea soon
claimed for its own. ta4ss
On the coast of Lincolnshire the raw
ages of the sea, though not extensive,
have still been very considerable. From
Grinsby to Skegncss there are still many
visible vestiges Of submarine forest.
Dugdale, however, attributes its sub
merslon to an earthquake. Itterby Owle
and Clee Ness were SO despoiled and
flooded that they originated the local
term, "Gone to Humber"
At Thrunscoe a church, village, and
seven hundred acres of land are said to
have been destroyed by the sea- and nea,
the low-water mark stones have beer
found which seemed to have belonged to
a.church. About sixty years ago a fish.
ernan drew up a large bell-clapper in
the meshes of his net. Near Sutton-in.
the-Marsh and Huttoft there are agaiu
distinct traces of submarine forest; al
the former place great part of st.
Clements is said to have been washed
away centuries ago with its original
church. At the lowest Gibbs of the tide
great number of islets and decayed
trees may be seen. When the late Sir
Joseph Banks examined these islets-or
clay Luts as they are sometimes called
the people told him that their ancestors
could discern the ruins of the old church
ut very low water.
At Addlethoip and Mablethorpe traces
of a submarine forest are especially visi-
bic. Birch, fir, and oak are the trees
which are the most distinguishable; the
the soil in which they are fixed and to
which they grew is soft, greasy clay,
above which is a stratum Of decayed
leaves and other vegetable matter several
inches thick.
According to L5ell. at Sheringaam, on
the coast of Norfolk, there is now adepth
OF twenty feet Of water, where forty
eight years ago there stood a cliff fifty
feet high, with houses upon it. The an
Gent villages OF Shipden, Wimpwell, and
Ecclcs have been lest Thesite of ancient
Corner is now II part of the German
ocean, the inhabitants having gradually
retreated inland to the present town.
In Suffolk, at Duntiich, once the larg-
est seaport OF the coast. the loss has
been very great. inconsistencies, churches,
and public buildings have at different
times been destroyed, including four hun.
bred houses at once. The town is now
reduced to a small village with about two
hundred Inhabitants.
In the time of Queen Elizabeth,
Brighton, in Sussex, stood where the
chain pier now stretches into the sea-
Part CT the town WIS destroyed in 1865,
and i'll 1903 aud I705 the remainder was
overwhelmed, consisting of one hundred
and thiateen houses