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many blocks which were carted from the adjoining fields a generation or 

 two ago for road repairs, corner-posts, cheese-presses, &c. It rests upon 

 mixed gravels, 150 ft. above sea-level. 



(31) At the junction of two roads in the village of Staxton is a 

 boulder, on the estate of Mr. Rivis. It is 2 ft. x 2 ft. x 1 ft. oat of the 

 ground ; rounded ; has been moved ; no striie or groovings ; dark blue 

 whinstone ; about 120 ft. above sea-level ; was originally brought from 

 one of the numerous hillocks in the Carrs below, which are composed of 

 boulder clay, sand, and gravel. 



ISToTE.- — Staxton village is about three miles south of Seamer railway- 

 station, near Scarbro', and is built upon the chalk rubble or talus from 

 the wolds, which form a commanding range above the village. 



Flixton, near Filey.— (32) In the village of Flixton (parisli of Folkton), 

 about six miles N.W. of Filey, is a boulder forming a corner-stone in the 

 garden of Mr. Coxworth, on the estate of Mr. Wilson of Malton. It is 

 2 ft. 9 in. X 1 ft. 10 in. x 11 in. ; in shape a rounded oblong ; has been 

 moved; no striae or groovings; Carboniferous sandstone; about 150 ft. 

 above sea-level ; the subsoil is sand mixed with chert. 



Group. 



(33) In the village of Flixton the following boulders form a protection 

 around the spring-head. (This spring is one of the numerous ones 

 flowing from the lower chalk in this vicinity.) 



1 ft. 11 in. X 1 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 1 in. Coarse dark brown sandstone. 



2 ft. S in. X 1 ft. 10 in. X 11 in. Fine-grained light red sandstone. 

 1 ft. V) in. X 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. in. Blountain limestone. 



1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. 1 in. X 6 in. Hard sandstone. 



3 ft. 7 in. X 1 ft. 11 in. X 9 in. Close-grained hard sandstone. 



2 ft. 7 in. X 1 ft. 4 in. x 6 in. Light red sandstone. 

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



They vary from angular to rounded ; the mountain-limestone block 

 shows striasin the direction of its longest axis, the others are smoothed 

 without striae ; tradition states they have been brought from the Carrs 

 about a mile below. (The Carrs are principally composed of peat bog^ 

 with here and there hillocks of boulder clay and gravel, from which 

 boulders are obtained at the present day.) The district is about 120 ft. 

 above sea-level. 



(34) Eunmanhij. — The corner-stone at the junction of Bridlington 

 Sti-eet^. and Garton Lane in Hunmanby village is a boulder 3 ft. 3 in. x 

 2 ft. 10 in. X 1 ft. 9 in. ; subangular ; no strife or groovings observed ; 

 a fine-grained light brown sandstone ; about 100 ft. above sea-level. 



(35) In the village of Hunmanby are various boulders. Near the 

 Hull are : — 



Corner of Scarbro' and DriflBeld roads are four boulders varying from 



