Salveston gets its water out of artesian dry wells about 8-10 miles N. of W. of the city. Baker tells me that the Hurricanes flowing in from the Gulf pile the water 14 feet above ordinary sea-level. This is definitely proven since at the Duelphin Mine sea water came to the 14 foot elev... tion. This is an important matter to bear in mind regarding other phenomena. Also that formerly the present shore is about six city blocks further out than it was before the hurricane. It is again building out to sea. The land goes very gradually into the sea, and the wind waves roll in very gently, probably make no higher than 12 inches - so shallow is the shore out to sea. The sand is very fine, even graded, and taell from the strand where dry the winds blow it into dunes. These dunes flow higher toward the Air Grande. Beneath the surface the sands are replete with from 15-30 species of small pele- cyphos and some gastropods. Cray are lived by gastropods. Sea snails are practically absent. Chitinos worm tubes with shells glued all over them are common. See these samples of sand and worm tubes.