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Besides this, the weight of the dikes gradually sinks them into the soft soil beneath, and this loss of elevation must be compensated by raising the surface, while the increased burden thus added tends to sink them still lower. J. G. Kohl, Inseln und Marschen Schleswig's und Holstein's, ii., p. 394. The original cost of the dikes of Pelworm is not stated.
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