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hill. The boulders were found at depths of four, six, and eight feet in 

 cutting the road through the hill, many lying in the gravel (flint 

 gravel) on the narrow end, as if all the materials had been solidified when 

 deposited on the lower lias clay. 



A second group occurs in Aylestone parish, near Leicester, near the third 

 milestone from Leicester. The largest boulder is 3 feet x 2 feet 10 

 inches X 2 feet 10 inches ; and the smallest 2 feet x 1 foot x 10 inches. 

 The boulders are angular, and all having been moved out of a sand-bed ; 

 no striations can be seen. They are derived from Groby, Markfield, and 

 Charnwood Forest. Groby is six miles distant N.N.W., and Markfield 

 eight miles N. All are composed of syenite. The group is 280 feet above 

 the sea, and has about two feet of gravel over it, and covers an area about 

 ten yards square. The boulders were all covered by a deposit of gravelly 

 drift, and were found in the sand. 



A third group occurs in Aylestone parish, Belmont Park, Leicester, 

 half a mile east of Aylestone. The largest boulder is 2 feet 6 inches x 2 

 feet x 1 foot 10 inches ; the smallest is 1 foot x 10 inches x 9 inches. 

 The boulders are angular and sub-angular ; and all have been moved in 

 making new roads. There are no striations. Rocks of the same nature 

 are found at Mount Sorrel, Groby, Markfield, Bradgate Park, in Charnwood 

 Forest, at a distance of six to eight miles. They are composed of syenite 

 greenstone, syenitic granite, 20 blocks were measured and examined. 

 The group is 320 feet above the sea, and covers an area about 100 yards 

 by 20 yards. It is covered by gravel containing flint. 



A fourth group occurs in St. Margaret's parish, on the estate of the 

 Freehold Land Society, Leicester, on the road leading to Evington from 

 Leicester. The largest boulder is 3 feet 1 inch x 2 feetxl foot 10 

 inches, and the smallest 1 foot 5 inches X 1 foot 2 inches x 1 foot 1 inch. 

 The boulders are rounded, angular, and subangular; out of twelve 

 boulders eight are syenitic granite, two triassic sandstone, one millstone 

 grit, one oolite. The group is 290 feet above the sea, and covers an area 

 100 yards square. It was uncovered by making foundations for houses ; 

 all have been moved. No striations exist on the igneous rocks, but the 

 sandstones and oolitic blocks are striated at various angles. Igneous rocks 

 of the same nature are found at Mount Sorrel, Groby, sandstones at 

 Nottingham, ooUtic rocks at Ketton near Stamford, at the respective 

 distances of eight, twenty- six, and twenty miles. 



A fifth group, occurs in Evington parish, "Spinney Hills" Road, 

 Leicester. The largest boulder is 3 feet x 1 foot x 1 foot ; the smallest, 

 2 feet 6 inches x 1 foot 2 inches x 1 foot 4 inches The boulders are sharp, 

 fresh looking, angles all round ; no striations are visible. Rocks of the 

 same nature are found at Mount Sorrel, a distance of six and a half miles. 

 They are composed of syenitic granite, and are at the height of 290 feet 

 above the sea. They have been moved out of a field to the side of the 

 road, but are on the S.E. side of " Spinney Hills," and therefore must have 

 come over them. 



A sixth group occurs in Saxe-Coburg Street, Leicester. The largest 

 boulder is 3 feet 3 inches x 2 feet 2 inches x 2 feet ; the smallest, 2 feet 

 6 inches x 2 feet x 1 foot 10 inches. The boulders are angular and sub- 

 angular ; no striations are visible. Rocks of the same nature occur at 

 Mount Sorrel, a distance of six miles N.N.W. They are composed of 

 syenitic granite, and are 260 feet above the sea, and cover an area 

 twenty yards square. They have been exposed by the excavations for 

 streets and sewers, and foundations of houses. 



