Again, he forced himself out, to try to strengthen the ailing woman's internal order, to build dikes against the infection.
Lacking high quality sand, he used material from the island itself to build dikes along the island's front and back.
From their monasteries they built dikes and drained the land.
He sent 6,000 men to build dikes and pump the land dry.
Build stronger dikes and move in a new population!
The Dutch built dikes around these areas and drained the water.
Tax and fief was therefore replaced by the duty to build dikes.
Instead of building new levees, dikes and dams to control flooding, the Government was to going to move people.
But engineers at Samuel said they may have to build long dikes at future sites.
Only in modern times the loss of land and lives could be stopped by building solid dikes.