Est quoque uti possit magnus congestus harenae fluctibus adversis oppilare ostia contra, cum mare permotum ventis ruit intus harenam; quo fit uti pacto liber minus exitus amnis et proclivis item fiat minus impetus undis.
It is possible also that a great collection of sand blocks up the mouth against the stream, when the sea, stirred by the winds, rolls the sand inwards; by which it comes about that the outlet of the river becomes less free, and the waves have a less easy run downwards.
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