298 ADAMSON: THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



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 stria; 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 the ground ; rounded ; no 

 striae 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 t,ooo from 

 6 in. to 8 in. in diameter. They are rounded to sub-angular, and a 

 few show their stria? 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. 6 in. to 6 in. in diameter. They are 

 principally rounded, although a few are angular and sub-angular. 

 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 eighty years old, remembers in 

 her girlhood this footpath being constructed by the Rev. Sydney 

 Smith, who induced the farmers to gather them from the land for 

 this purpose for 5/- or 6/- per load. She assisted personally to gather 

 them, and states that at that time (some seventy years ago) the land 

 was thickly strewed with them. She also stated that at the com- 

 mencement 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 the great man's orders, and replaced 

 by superior dwellings. 



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

 the farm buildings, are twenty 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 sub-angular, and show little traces of any stria? ; they are chiefly 

 Sandstone and Limestone, and have all been collected from adjacent 

 land. 



T H ORNTON-LE-C LA Y. 



24. 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 



Naturalist, 



