iv LIST OF TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS Fio. Pagb 27. Chart of Contoured Gullies showing Relation of Relief to Position of Suffida Bushes (Blakeney Point) - 108 28. Diagram showing Permanence of Dynamic Lines - - 109 29. Profile showing how Suaeda causes a Heap-up of Shingle - 110 30. Diagram illustrating Effect on Beach Profile of planting the Crest with Suaeda - - - - - - - - 115 31. Fascine Mattresses -------- - 127 32. De Muralt Concrete Plating of Embankments (Light Type) 129 33. De Muralt Concrete Covering of Embankments (Heavy Type) 130 34. Reinforced Concrete Coaming for Sea-walls - - - - 131 35. Cross-section Standard Sluice, Foulness - 133 35 a. Madras Harbour—Change in Low-water Line ... 145 36. Bull-nose Coping - -- -- -- -- 148 37. Carnarvon Sea-wall (Reinforced Concrete) - - - - 148 38. Hove Sea-wall (Mass Concrete) ------ 149 39. Newhaven Sea-wall (Mass Concrete) - - - - - - 149 40. Salicornia annua - -- -- -- -- 168 41. Suceda maritima - -- -- -- -- 168 42. Fucus limicola bedded in Mud ------ 172 43. Obione portulacoid.es -------- - 175 44. Spartina Townsendii - -- -- -- - 179 45. A rmeria maritima, a typical Perennial Halophyte with Branched Rosette Habit - -- -- -- -- 185 46. A, B,C, Serial Charts, showing Hummock Development initiated by Saltcornia radicans and continued by Glyceria maritima 191 47. Chart of Artificial Marsh Hummocks following Inoculation by S. radicans - -- -- -- -- 193 48. Type Section of Cliff at Lyme Regis - - - - - 211 49. Sketch Map of Blakeney Point, showing its Main Features, Relation to Mainland and the Reclaimed Areas - - 220 50. Map of Western End of Blakeney Point - 221 51. Diagram of the Beaches, Blakeney Point - - - - 228 52. Hallsands—Wilson’s Rock ....... 246 53. Hallsands—Northernmost House ------ 247 54. Diagram showing Distribution of Suceda fruticosa on Blake- ney Point - -- -- -- -- - 271