106 REPOET— 1888. 



All the above mentioned are whinstone : it is the characteristic bonlder 

 of the Bnckton, Bempton, and Flambro' cHfFs, and seems ubiquitous. 



Two boulders occur at Bempton (E. Riding) in the fields known as 

 ' The Leys,' a few yards from the top of Bempton Cliffs, opposite Scale 

 Nab; the boulders are about 50 yards apart. 



Boulder No. 1. — 4 ft. x 3 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in. Sub-angular. North, in- 

 clined to W. Whinstone. Above sea-level, 275 ft. Isolated. 



Boulder No. 2. — 4ft. X 4ft. x 1ft. Gin. Sub-angular. Above sea- 

 level, 280 ft. Isolated. 



Both rest on a thin boulder clay on chalk. 



At Carr Naze, Filey Brigg, are the following erratic blocks : — 



1. Rounded block on surface of third field from Filey Church, due 

 north, near cliff, 2 ft. 7in. x 2 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 5 in. Whinstone. 



2. A similar but flatter block, lying at base of boulder clay, partially 

 exposed, on north side of Naze, just above Oolitic rocks, 2 ft. 11 in. 

 X 2 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 2 in. Direction E.N.E. Beautifully furrowed with ice- 

 marks. Whinstone. 



3. A mass lying exposed on Oolitic rocks, about 50 ft. above sea-level, 

 evidently washed out of boulder clay above, 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. X 1 ft. 4 in. 

 Smooth edges, flat surface. Mica trap. 



4. Small block, on ledge, fallen as above. Quartz felsite. 



5. In boulder clay on S. side of Naze. Black earthy limestone with 

 iron pyrites. 



6. Fine mass of Lias, all Lower Lias fossils (Gryphcea, Mya, &c.), 1 ft. 

 X 1 ft. 5 in. X 7 in. Washed out of boulder clay on N. side of the Naze. 



7. Mass of freestone lying partially exjDosed half-way up N. face of 

 boulder clay at Carr Naze, 3 ft. 10 in. X 2 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. Direction N. 

 No markings. 



Dr. Carter Mitchell, Topcliffe, Thirsk, reports a boulder of Shap 

 granite in the parish of Cundall, on the Leckby estate, five miles from 

 Boroughbridge, about a quarter of a mile above ' Elmire Ings,' as given 

 on the Ordnance Map. It is in the bed of the river Swale, close to the 

 Leckby bank. It is entirely out of the water when the river is very low ; 

 4 ft. 3 in. X 3 ft. X 2 ft. 9 in. Is more or less rounded. No strite or 

 groovings. Is about 50 ft. above sea-level. There is a long ridge of 

 gravel and sand about a quarter of a mile from where the boulder lies. 



Mr. H. M. Platnauer, B.Sc, F.G.S. (Curator of the York Museum), 

 records the following erratic blocks which were obtained from the 

 boulder clay that was dug out when the York new station was built, and 

 are now placed about the grounds of the Philosophical Society of that 

 city :— 



1. Shap granite, irregular shape, smooth, 2 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft. 10 in. X llin. 



2. Shap granite, irregular parallelepiped, rough surface, 1 ft. 4 in. 



X 1 ft. 4 in. X 10 in. 



3. Shap granite, roughly ellipsoidal, smooth surface, 2 ft. 2 in. 



X I ft. 1 in. X 1 ft. 2 in. 



4. Shap granite, irregular mass, rounded but not smooth, 3 ft. 1 in. 

 X 2 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. 10 in. 



5. Shap granite, irregular oval, smooth, 2 ft. 9 in. x 1 ft, 10 in. 

 X 1 ft. 7 in. 



6. Whitish limestone, flat piece, polished and striated on one side, 

 3 ft. X 1 ft. 3 in. X 8 in. 



7. Estuarine sandstone, rounded mass, 1 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. 1 in. X 9 in. 



