ON THE ERRATIC BLOCKS OF ENGLAND, WALES, AND IRELAND. 521 



Main road, Garston to Hale. In plantation near Mount Pleasant 

 Farm : 1 L.D. andesite. At entrance to stackyard : 2 L.D. andesites, 1 

 L.D. andesitic agglomerate, 1 Silurian grit, 1 Scottish granite. At Speke 

 Hall : about 150 stones exceeding 12 in. in diameter include L.D. ande- 

 site, Dalbeattie gi-anite, Eskdale granite, Buttermere granopbyre, Silurian 

 grit, and 1 diabase. Near Sutton's Farm, Hale Heath : I Eskdale granite 

 and 1 L.D. andesite. 



Hale Heath, Hale : 8 L.D. andesites, 1 felsite, 3 Silurian grits, 4 

 Scottish granites, 1 Buttermere granopbyre, 1 granite (? source). 



Hale village and neighbourhood : 5 L.D, andesites, 5 Scottish granites, 

 1 Eskdale granite, 1 diorite, 1 felsite. 



Hale Wood, Tarbock and Halsnead district : 24 L.D. andesites, 3 L.D. 

 andesitic agglomerates, 1 Coal-measure sandstone, 2 Silurian grits, 8 

 Scottish granites, 6 Eskdale granites. 



Hough Green and neighbourhood : 12 L.D. andesites, 2 L.D. andesitic 

 agglomerates, 2 felsites, 2 Silurian grits, 1 Carboniferous sandstone, 2 

 Buttermere granophyres, 4 Scottish granites, 6 Eskdale granites. 



Manchester (Renshaw Street). 

 Reported hy B. Hobson, Esq., M.Sc, F.G.S. 

 1 granite [a well-marked Galloway type, P. F. K.]. 



Levenshulme. 

 Reported hy Messrs. Kendall and Lomas, per Glacialists' Association. 



1 dolerite or diabase, 1 Scottish granite, 1 Silurian grit, 2 Coal-measure 

 sandstones containing ferruginous jjebbles, 1 unspecified. 



The orientation of four was noticed : it ranged from E. 4^° S. to E. 

 24° S. (true). 



Rochdale District. 



Reported hy S. S. Platt, Esq., Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., per Glacialists' 



Association. 



2 quartz porphyries, 2 granophyres (locality not specified), 17 L.D. 

 andesites, 1 quartz pebble, 1 hsematite, 5 L.D. rhyolites, 21 Buttermere 

 granophyres, 8 L.D. porphyrites, 8 Eskdale granites, 1 Scottish (?) 

 granite, 1 halleflinta, 1 Silurian grit, 3 L.D. andesitic agglomerates, 1 

 quartzite, 1 Carboniferous limestone, 1 quartzose grit, 1 local sandstone. 



Isle op Man. 



Kirlibride. 



Reported hy the Rev. S. N. Harrison, per Glacialists' Association. 



6 quartzes, 25 grits, 1 Queensberry grit, 6 CrifiPel granites, 2 biotite 

 granites, 1 syenite, 4 granites (locality not specified), 1 Shap granite, 

 3 gneisses, 1 pitchstone, 1 red-based porphyry. 



On the shore at Shellag and Cranstal are large numbers of erratics. 

 Out of a group of 100 over 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter more than half were of 

 Criffel granite. The rest were made up of limestones, grits, sandstones, 

 Loch Doone granites, and conglomerate. 



