. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. «76 GEEMANY. It is a century now since man obtained this mastery over the sea. Sheltered behind his "walls of gold," he may feel secure from the assaults of the sea, and fresh walls of defence are raised whenever the alluvial soil has sufficiently accumulated beyond the existing barriers. That much land has thus been recovered in the course of centuries is certain. The town of Jever, in the alluvial tract to the north-west of the Jade, was a seaside town in the days of Charle- magne, but lies now nearly 10 miles inland. In going from Wit
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. «76 GEEMANY. It is a century now since man obtained this mastery over the sea. Sheltered behind his "walls of gold," he may feel secure from the assaults of the sea, and fresh walls of defence are raised whenever the alluvial soil has sufficiently accumulated beyond the existing barriers. That much land has thus been recovered in the course of centuries is certain. The town of Jever, in the alluvial tract to the north-west of the Jade, was a seaside town in the days of Charle- magne, but lies now nearly 10 miles inland. In going from Wittmund to the sea, a distance of 12 miles, we cross nine main dykes, marking as many successive conquests of the " ; The oldest of these embankments was thrown up in 1598. Still much remains to be done towards the " sanitation " of Fig. 157.—The Coast op East Fkiesland. Scale 1:1,255, • 5 Fatlioms Une 25 Miles. the country and the conquest of the Waffcii, or sand-banks, covered by each advancing tide. The islands skirting the coast have apparently undergone more striking changes than the mainland. They are evidently the remains of an ancient coast-line broken up into fragments by the assaulting waves. Pliny enumerates twenty-three islands as lying along the coast of Germania. There are now only fourteen, seven of which lie off the coast of German Frit sland. Borkum—the ancient BHrcJtana—must have been very much larger than it is now, for nineteen centuries ago its inhabitants were sufficiently numerous to offer an armed resist- ance to Drusus. In the twelfth century the island still had an area of 380. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D.
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