. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . A BLEAK BIT OF COAST. FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 409 with extensive forests. The woodlands passed gradually from the hands of the Gov-ernment, and were stripped of trees. The drifting sands of the north shore moved, inthe course of two centuries, several miles inland, covering farms and villages. Nowthe sands are held in bondage by extensive forests of oak and beech. In Holland the beaches were guarded, because they served as natural dikes forthe protection of farm lands. The marsh land was dra
. Annual report of the Commissioners of Fisheries, Game and Forests of the State of New York . A BLEAK BIT OF COAST. FISHERIES, GAME AND FORESTS. 409 with extensive forests. The woodlands passed gradually from the hands of the Gov-ernment, and were stripped of trees. The drifting sands of the north shore moved, inthe course of two centuries, several miles inland, covering farms and villages. Nowthe sands are held in bondage by extensive forests of oak and beech. In Holland the beaches were guarded, because they served as natural dikes forthe protection of farm lands. The marsh land was drained and tilled, creeks becamecanals, and the dunes, a menace to other countries, served to protect the industriousDutch from incursions of the North Sea. Much could be said of experiences with dunes in other parts of the world. It is,however, in France, in the department of Gascony, that we find the most striking andvaluable object-lesson, and of this I shall speak more in detail later. Shifting sand is not confined to the seashore. There are immense areas of itinland in many parts of the wor
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