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pave the streets of Newcastle. One of the most remarkable is on the grounds 

 of the High School in that town, and is used as a parish boundary. Its size 

 is 5 x 3 ft. ; and it formerly stood about 2 ft. 6 in. above the surface, but 

 part is now buried. It is rather rounded, but not striated, aud consists of a 

 compact felstone. It is about 400 feet above the sea, and indicates the 

 boundary between Stoke and Newcastle. It is quite isolated, and rests on 

 Bouldcr-clay, containing glacially striated subangular boulders of a different 

 mineral character. 



The dimensions of groups of boulders in the neighbourhood of Henley 

 farm and Beech Dale are 3 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft., 4 ft. x 3 ft., with others smaller. 

 Some are slightly subangular, some more rounded, aud all much weathered. 

 The direction, by compass, of the longest axis of one of the group is N.E.E. 

 — S.W.W., of another S.S.— N.W., and of another N.— S. The height of 

 the group is 450 ft. above the sea. Larger boulders have their bases covered 

 by soil and grass, smaller ones are almost completely covered by soil. They 

 rest on the Keuper, very near the outcrop of the Bunter sandstone. The 



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