Gilbert, George, Collins, William Wiehe, 1862- ill · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 258
ess of theLincolnshire coast, with the slow sluggishness ofthe lower part of the course of the rivers, caused,in remote ages, the inundation of a great tract ofland. The feasibility of reclaiming some portionof these fens received the attention of the Romans.They constructed the large drain called… … LINCOLN THE STEEP HILL LINCOLN grounds and of preventing the inundation of thelow grounds. This poHcy was adopted in subse-quent reigns with great success, and is even to thisday continued. It has been the means of bringingrich tracts of land into cultivation, and of dis-pelling the unhealthy…
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