226 DRIFT DEPOSITS OF MANCHESTER 



About two hundred yards from the last described 

 specimen, near Mr. Wm. Sale's house, there is a 

 large block of Ravenglass Granite, (Fig. 2,) mea- 

 suring seventeen feet one inch in circumference, 

 and about four feet high. It has lost most of its 

 edges, but there are some portions of it which 

 appear to have suffered less from attrition than 

 others. 



Fig. 2. 



Not far from the last stone, and a little nearer 

 Manchester, is seen a flag of Sandstone, (Fig. 3,) 

 belonging to the upper part of the coal measures. 

 It appears nearly as perfect as if it had been but 

 just taken from the quarry, having lost none of 

 its edges. It has four unequal sides, measuring 



