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3 feet long:, with long axis E. and W. It has probably been moved by 

 those who made the path near which it lies. 



Mr. Wm. Gregson, Baldei'sby, Thirsk, records the following : — 



Cattersty Sands, Skinningrove, 3 miles S.E. of Saltburn. Grey 

 granite. Diameter, 3 feet. Rounded. No striations. Rests uj)on Lower 

 Lias shales. On the shore. 



Whoi-lton, 8 miles N.B. of Northallerton. Grey granite. Diameter, 

 3 feet. Sub-angular. Is striated. Rests upon Lias, 2£0 feet above sea- 

 level. 



Baldersby Park, 5 miles S.W. of Thirsk. Millstone grit ; 6 feet by 

 3 feet. Angular. No striations. Rests on an outlier of Lower Lias, 

 90 feet above sea-level. 



Elmire, 6 miles S. of Thirsk. Shap granite. Diameter, 2 feet. 

 Sub-angular. No striations. Rests oa Kenper sandstone overlaid by 

 gravel, CO feet above sea-level. 



Mill Beck, Robin Hood's Bay (3 boulders), 10 miles N. of Scarbro'. 

 Sbap granite. Height 2 feet, circumference 9 feet. Sub-angular. No 

 striations. Rests on Lower Lias on the shore. 



Shap granite. Height I foot, circumference 7^ feet. Sub-angular. 

 No striations. Rests on Lower Lias on the shore. 



Shap granite. Height and circumference and other circumstances 

 exactly similar to the last named. 



Hutton Moor, 3 miles N.E. of Ripon. There are a good number of 

 erratic boulders scattered over this moor, from I foot to 3 feet in 

 diameter, a few of which are or grey granite, the remainder being chiefly 

 millstone grit. They all rest on the Keuper sandstone. 



The Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., informs the Committee that an im- 

 mense number of boulders have been lodged on the top of Flamborough 

 Head. On Beacon Hill are half a dozen of great size, mostly rounded, 

 consisting of granite, whinstone, sandstone, and mica schist with garnets. 

 These have probably been placed in their present position, but not moved 

 far, as a neighbouring small ravine, called Hartindale Gutter, reveals the 

 fact that the boulder clay in this locality is full of large boulders. On 

 the neighbouring side of the ravine, leading down to Thornwick Bay, 

 there is a boulder of cherty limestone lying on the surface, which mea- 

 sures 5 ft. 5 in. X 4 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. 8 in. 



A rounded boulder of sandstone 2 ft. Sin. X 1 ft. 9 in. X I ft. 2 in. projects 

 in the side of the same ravine. 



On Cliff Lane, Bempton, by the side of the road, is a group of eight 

 large whinstone boulders, more or less i-ounded, which were removed 

 from the adjoining fields to their present position more than seventy years 

 ago. The average size is 3 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 8 in. 



In the village of Bempton, by the blacksmith's shop, lies a whinstone 

 boulder, 4 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. X 1 ft. 6 in, and numerous others are visible in all 

 directions. 



Mr. C. D. Hardcastle reports upon ' The Greystone ' in the parish of 

 Leeds, one mile from the town on the side of the old highway to Brad- 

 ford, opposite the northern end of Ventnor Street, on property belongincr 

 to the ' Pious Use Trustees.' Only 6 inches in height is now exposed 

 above the causeway, and it projects 6 inches from a garden wall which is 

 built over it. The base of exposed segment along the flao-s measures 

 2 ft. 10 in. Old inhabitants say it was formerly from 4 ft, to 5 ft above 



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