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distance 9 miles due north, and no rock like it occurs in same locality. 

 It may be noted that it lies due south of the ' St. John's Stone ' and 

 the ' Holy Stone ' mentioned in former i-eports, and would mark the 

 line of the meridian. It is about 250 feet above the sea-level. A large 

 photograph, 12 in. by 10 in., has been taken of it. It is connected with 

 what are supposed to be 'middle glacial sands,' which appear to be 

 the wreck of the ' Upper Keuper sandstone ' (found in situ near them) ; 

 these glacial sands being spread in long sheets, or ridges. It rests upon 

 sandy drift. The weight of the boulder is about 10 tons. 



At Beasley's Farm, Aylestone, is a group of boulders. The smallest 

 is 1 ft. 9 in. X 1 ft. 3 in. X 10 in., and the largest 3 ft. X 1 ft. 9 in. 

 X 1 ft. 8 in. They are subangular. Rocks of the same character as the 

 boulders (which are for the most part coarse sandstones), occur at Garrat's 

 Hill, 3 miles N.W. Some smaller blocks, composed of millstone grit, must 

 have come 40 miles from the N.W. The group is about 250 feet above 

 sea-level. About an acre is covered by the boulders. There are seven 

 large blocks of sandstone within an area of about 20 square yards. They 

 are found in upper boulder clay lying upon middle glacial sands. A 

 large photograph, 12 in. by 10 in., has been taken of this sand quarry. 



At the Clay-pit, Saffron Lane (Ord. Map, 63 N.E.), is a group 

 of boulders. The smallest is 1 ft. cube, the longest 4 ft. x 3 f t. 6 in 

 X 2 ft. The following are the dimensions of fifteen : 4 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in 



" in. X 1 ft. 6 in. ; 3 ft. 3 in. X 2 ft. x 1 ft. 

 ; 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. x 10 in. ; 1 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in 

 X 2 ft. X 1 ft. ; 1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. X 1 ft. 

 2 ft. X 1 ft. 8 in. X 1 ft. ; 2 ft. X 1 ft. 8 in 

 ft. 3 in. X 8 in. ; 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. x 1 ft. 

 2 ft. X 1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. They are rounded, 

 angular, and subangular. ]\Iany of the smaller boulders are striated on 

 both sides. They are derived from Mount Sorrel, Markfield, Hartshill, 

 Ashby Coalfield, South Derbyshire, and places near Eelvoir Castle. The 

 distance fi'om which these boulders have travelled ranges from miles to 

 40 miles. Of the blocks counted and measured, thirteen are granite 

 from Mount Sorrel of both the red and white variety. Of the remainder, 

 ■one is a block of black basaltic-looking rock, which may have come from 

 the Hartshill range, Warwickshire ; the other is syenite from Markfield. 

 The remaining twenty-two smaller blocks (not measured) are millstone 

 grit, mountain limestone, chert, hard calcareous grits of the upper portion 

 of the lower lias, and basaltic rocks. The group is about 230 feet above 

 sea-level. The area opened is between 5 and 6 acres, and the boulders 

 have gradually sunk to the bottom of the clay-pit, as the overlying 

 ' drift ' in which they are found was gradually removed so as to get at 

 the marl underneath, and now they lie scattered over the pit. Thirty- 

 seven have been counted, and fifteen of them measure as stated above. 

 These blocks are found in middle sands and lower boulder clay, which 

 vary from 6 to 10 feet in depth, and rest upon the Upper Keuper Marl. 

 Two large photographs have been taken, showing some of these boulders 

 lying upon the red marl floor, and the lower boulder clay upon the 

 red marl. 



On turnpike road opposite the New Gasworks, Aylestone (Ord. map, 63 

 N.E.) was found a group of three boulders. The smallest is 4 ft. X 3 ft. 

 X 3 ft.; the largest 6 ft. X 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. They are subangular. The 

 large face of one of tlie boulders is ground smooth, and has a number of 



