The space I can devote to such operations will be better employed in describing the latter, and I content myself with the simple statement I have already made of the quantity of worthless and even pestilential land which has been rendered both productive and salubrious in Lincolnshire, by Diking out the sea, and the rivers which traverse the fens of that country.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
On the other hand, by erosion of the coast-line, the drifting of sand-dunes into the interior, and the drowning of fens and morasses by incursions of the sea-all caused, or at least greatly aggravated, by human improvidence-the Netherlands have lost a far larger area of land since the commencement of the Christian era than they have gained by Diking and draining.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
The coast-lands selected for Diking-in are always at points where the sea is depositing productive soil.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh