... on either side of Selsey Bill. 155. Perhaps before going on to questions of shingle movement he might add a word to what the Author had said about the Coast Protection Act. The shout which there was for sea defences to be a national expense was, he thought,misguided, and the position could be very greatly...

... east of Selsey Bill to be of comparatively recent origin, caused partlyby interference of man-made works withe littoral drift and partly by changes in offshore shoals and banks. Boringsmade on the line of the proposed seawall and at half-tide level showed the underlying strata to be generally soft...