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the excavation would be about the level of the river. It is now at the 

 east end of the Malton goods-station. 



Whitby.— (17) On the shore in front of the West Cliff Saloon, Whitby, 

 is a boulder 4 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. ; subangular ; no striae 

 or groovings ; mountain limestone with fine sections of coral. This boulder 

 has doubtless fallen from the adjacent boulder clay which overlies the 

 estuarine deposits, the latter forming here the base of the cliff. It is 

 covered over at high water. 



Foston-le-Olmj. — (18) On the roadside, at the east end of Foston 

 churchyard (estate of Sir E. Lechmere), is a boulder. It is 3 ft. 9 in, 

 X 3 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. 9 in. out of the ground ; angular, and almost square 

 at its longest axis ; no stri;e or groovings, the block having been partially 

 destroyed ; limestone ; about 200 ft. above sea-level ; is nearly at the top 

 of a long ridge of boulder clay running nearly N. and S. 



(19) At the east end of a house occupied by Mrs. Ettie, in the village 

 of Foston, is a boulder. It is 2 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. out of the 

 ground ; angular ; has been moved ; no strife or groovings ; grey granite ; 

 about 150 ft. above sea-level ; on the same ridge as No. 18. 



(20) On Mr. Barker's farm in the village of Foston is a boulder. It 

 is 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. out of ground ; rounded ; no strias or 

 groovings ; Shap Fell granite ; about 150 ft. above sea-level ; on the same 

 ridge as No. 18. 



(21) On the same farm has been constructed a raised footpath round 

 the fold yard, and entirely composed of boulders. Probably 100 of these 

 (flanking the path) are 1 ft. x 8 in., and 1,000 from 6 in. to 8 in. in dia- 

 meter. They are rounded to subangular, and a few show strise in the 

 direction of their longest axis. They are sandstones, limestones, granites 

 and whinstones. This farm is on the boulder-clay ridge of Foston. 



(22) A footpath runs through the village of Foston, constructed 

 also of boulders collected from the adjacent lands. There are at least 

 3,000 ranging from 1 ft. G in. to 6 in. in diameter. They are principally 

 rounded, although a few are angular and subangular. Three-fourths of 

 them are various kinds of sandstone, the remainder being mountain and 

 liassic limestones, a few whinstones, and red, grey, and Shap Fell granites. 



Note. — An aged woman, some 80 years old, remembers in her girlhood 

 this footpath being constructed by the Rev. Sydney Smith, who induced 

 the farmers to gather them from the laud for this purpose for 5s. or 6s. 

 per load. She assisted personally to gather them, and states that at that 

 time (some 70 years ago) the land was thickly strewed with them. She 

 also stated that at the commencement of the Rev. Sydney Smith's charge 

 the cottage houses in Foston were mainly built of boulders and clay ; 

 many of these hovels were pulled down by his orders, and replaced by 

 superior dwellings. 



(23) On the same farm, and placed in various positions about the 

 farm buildings, are 20 boulders, varying from 1 ft. 10 in. X 1 ft. 5 in. X 



1 ft. 4 in. to 1 ft. 3 in. X 1 ft. X 1 ft. ; they are rounded and subangular, 

 and show little traces of any striae ; they are chiefly sandstone and lime- 

 stone, and have all been collected from adjacent land. 



Note. — Foston is situated about half-way betwixt York and Malton, and 

 is about a mile W. of the Barton Hill station of the North Eastern Railway. 



Thornton-le-Clay .—{2^) Near a house occupied by Mr. Spaven (estate 

 of Mr. Weatherell), in the village of Thornton-le-Clay, is a boulder; it is 



2 ft. 10 in. X 2 ft. X 10 in. out of the ground ; appears to have been 



