UNOCCUPIED COAST.
[To THE EDITOR OF TIM 'SPECTATOR:]
Sin,—Many will be prompted by your article in the Spectator of July 21st on "Unoccupied Coast" to wish that owners of property on the coast line of our islands could be persuaded to dedicate some portion of it to the nation, whether through the agency of the National Trust, or by other means. If the "development" of seaside watering-places, especially on the East Coast, continues at its present rate, it will before long be everywhere as difficult to find a quiet spot as it now is at Yarmouth or Margate. If the next generation is to know the value of the perfect repose given by an uninterrupted expanse of cliff and coombe, shore and sea, sacrifices must be made in the present generation. It may seem hard to ask land- owners to forego the chance of gain offered them by land development companies, light railway promoters, and others, but in their willingness to do so lies the country's chief hope. To purchase land for this purpose is difficult; for a public body like the National Trust almost impossible. Subscription lists and auctioneers' prices increase in the same ratio.—I am,
or Natural Beauty, 1 Great College Street, Westminster.
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