]08 EEPORT- 1888. 



Toulthorpe is on the Keuper marl, and not far from tLe foot of the 

 chalk escarpment of the Wolds. 



The Rev. R. A. Summerfield, Vicar of North Stainley, reports that in 

 the parish of North Stainley, near the hamlet of North Leys, and about 

 100 yards from the ' Smithy ' (so marked on the 6 in. Ordnance Map), on 

 the west side of the road to North Stainley, is a block of Carboniferous 

 grit, 3 ft. 3 in. X 2 ft. 5 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. Sub-angular. It has been moved 

 from the adjoining field to the place it now occupies about twenty years ago, 

 being a hindrance to ploughing, &c. About 170 ft. above sea-level. Con- 

 nected probably with a long gravel ridge which abuts on the river bank 

 and underlies all the parish, in which are a large quantity of scratched, 

 grooved, and polished blocks, varying much in size. One block, 5 ft. 

 X 3 ft. X 1 ft. 3 in., is a mass of large Producti. 



The Rev. Arthur Watts, F.G.S., Vice-Principal of Bede College, 

 Durham, reports that there is a block of encrinital Carboniferous lime- 

 stone in the grounds of R. L. Hawthorne, Esq., Hawthorne Tower, Sea- 

 ham Harboui', on north side of Hawthorne Drive and west of the tower. 

 Was removed from an adjacent field when draining to its present 

 position, 5 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 3 in. Weight, 1 ton 18-79 cwt. 

 Sub-angular. It originally pointed by its long axis '20° E. of N., 42° E. 

 of N. true bearing. There are seven grooves across the stone, five perfect, 

 two imperfect. There are two sets of striae : the one set of six are nearly 

 obliterated by the other, numbering about seventy. The smaller group of 

 stri« are nearly in the line of the longest axis ; the larger group make an 

 angle of about G0° with the long side. 



The nearest similar rock known in situ is 25 miles due west at 

 Frosterley. 



The boulder has no popular name or legend. Is about 80 ft. above 

 sea-level. It was discovered in March 1879, and is not indicated on any 

 map. It formed part of a mass of clay, sand, gravel, and boulders that 

 is seen in a coast section to be in a hollow in the magnesian limestone, 

 about 100 yards wide and 60 ft. or more deep. 



Mr. Wm. Gregson, Baldersby, Thirsk, reports upon two boulders in 

 the Priory Grounds, Guisborough, both resting on the Lower Lias. 



Boulder No. 1 : 4 ft. X 3 ft, 6 in. x 1 f t. 3 in. Sub-angular. No groov- 

 ings or striations. Grey granite 300 ft. above the sea. Isolated. 

 Eesting on Lower Lias : 



Boulder No. 2 : 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. Sub-angular. No groov- 

 ings or striations. Grey granite. 300 ft. above the sea. Isolated. Rest- 

 iug on Lower Lias. 



Dr. W. T. Veitch, Middlesbro', records a Shap-fell granite boulder 

 at Saltburn 30 feet from the top of the road leading up from the beach, 

 almost opposite the Zetland Hotel ; 3 ft. 8 in. high, 14 ft. in circum- 

 ference ; is entirely out of ground on one side ; rounded ; has no long 

 axis, no groovings or striations; has no popular name and is without a 

 legend ; about 150 feet above sea-level ; is not indicated upon any map. 

 It rests upon Middle Glacial drift. 



Mr. C. Brownridge, F.G.S., Leeds, reports on two boulders on the 

 west front of Lindholme Hall, which is about four miles to the S.E. of 

 Hatfield. The hall is upon slightly elevated ground in the centre of 

 Hatfield Chase, a wide extent of bog. The deposits in the vicinity of the 

 hall consist of gravel and sand resting upon Triassic sandstone. The 

 boulders extracted from the gravel include magnesian limestone, Car- 



