ON TMB ERRATIC BLOCKS OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND IHELAND. 209 



G. One side flat, the other sides irregular and smoothed. Hard sand- 

 stone : possibly oolitic. 11 in. X 10 in. X 10 in. 



7. Very irregular in shape, smoothed, rounded, and marked with lines 

 of bedding. Ferruginous sandstone : oolite, or neocomian, 17 in. x 13-^ in. 

 X Sin. 



8. Rounded and smoothed. Ferruginous sandstone : oolite or car- 

 boniferous. 8 in. X 6 in. x 4 in. 



9. Somewhat wedge-shaped, with two of its faces flat. Generally 

 smoothed and worn. Compact limestone: probably carboniferous. 

 9|in, X 9in. x 5|^in. 



10. Roughly prismatic, irregular surface, slightly worn. Fine, ferru- 

 ginous sandstone : inferior oolite or neocomian. 12 in. x 7in. x 6 in. 



11. Somewhat broadly wedge-shaped, with several perfectly flat and 

 smoothed plane surfaces. Basalt. 10 in. x 9 in. x 6 in. 



12. Irregular and smoothed. Fine, hard, rather ferruginous sandstone : 

 possibly inferior oolite. 12 in. x 8 in. x 4^ in. 



13. Broken end of boulder, rounded, one surface nearly flat. Sand- 

 stone : carboniferous or Jurassic. 6 in. x 6 in. X 4^ in. 



14. Oval, smoothed and worn, all tlie angles worn ofi" and most of the 

 faces smoothed and flat. Evidently much rolled and worn. Traces of 

 parallel grooving on one face : compact sandstone. 15 in. x 12 in. X 8 in. 



15. Long-shaped, rounded and worn, with one long flat face, 

 ? scratched : compact sandstone. 18 in. x 11 in. x 7^ in. 



16. Roughly prismatic, irregular surfaces, rounded. Ferruginous 

 sandstone : oolitic or neocomian. 15 in. x 10 in. x 8 in. 



17. Prismatic, angles rounded. Somewhat pyramidal in shape. 

 IS^in. X 12in. X 6iin. ^ 



Boulder at corner of stable, Ashwell Brewery Yard. 



18. Rounded, much worn by atmospheric action and ill-usage, and the 

 Surface consequently rough and broken. Coarse sandstone, rounded, 

 glazed grains : neocomian. 16 in. x 12 in. x 9 in. 



Boulders in ^pavement near vmU of garden, Aslmell Brewery Yard. 



19. Small boulder. Basalt, rather decomposed. 7 in. x 7 in. x ?, 



20. Pebble, oval and worn. Ferruginous sandstone : probably neoco- 

 mian. 6 in. X 21 in X ?. 



Boulders bedded in the ground along side of garden ivall, Ashwell Brewery 



Yard. 



21. Oval, worn. Fine, hard sandstone: carboniferous or oolite. 

 11 in. X 6 in. X ?. 



22. Roughly rectangular, with uneven, smoothed upper surface. Sand- 

 stone with carbonaceous markings, 11 in. x 7^ in. x ?. 



23. Apparently a fragment of larger boulder, with flat surface of 

 fracture. Other sides smoothed and rounded. Compact limestone : 

 carboniferous or oolitic. 13 in. x 7 in. x Q>\ in. 



24. Smoothed and rounded. Compact" limestone : mountain lime- 

 stone (?). 10 in. X 61 in. x ?. 



25. Smoothed, uneven upper surface, nearly flat. Angles bui little 

 wotn. Basalt. 9 in. x G^in, x ?. 



1881. 



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