•268 BEPORT— 1892. 



one inch to the mile. This map they hope to exhibit at the meeting of 

 the British Association in 1893. 



The foUowiug erratic blocks have been recorded during the year. 



Reported hy J, J. Marshall, Esq., Chemist, Market WeigJiton. 



On Mr. Brough's Farm, Reformatory Road, Market Weighton : 



An isolated Jurassic sandstone boulder, 19 x 13 x 10 in. ; angular, with 

 rounded edges. No rocks like it near, only gravels and sands of a 

 similar character : recently found when ploughing, now removed to 

 near the farmhouse. 



Reported hj John Steahs, Esq., Hidl. 



On England Farm, near Winstead, Holderness — 



A Mountain Limestone boulder, 4 ft. 3 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 1 ft. 7 in. ; sub- 

 angular ; resting on a gravelly bed ; under 50 ft. above sea level. 



Some years ago a larger boulder of the same colour, weighing several 

 tons, VFas found in the same field and broken up for road metal. 



Reported hy John H. Phillips, Esq., Hon. Sec. Scarhorough Philosophical 



aiid Archceological Society. 



Group. 



In the gardens of King's Cliff Hospital, Scai-borough, fifty-eight 

 ■boulders of all shapes and sizes, from 4 ft. 8 in. and 26 in. in circum- 

 ference up to 11 ft. 8 in. by 9 ft. 6 in. Striations nearly illegible. They 

 include four basalts, two hard limestones, and fifty-two Shap granites 

 from half a hundredweight up to two tons in weight. Collected by their 

 former owner, John Wharton, Esq., from the coast and highways in the 

 immediate neighbourhood. 



The estate has recently been sold, and is to be converted into winter 

 gardens ; but it is hoped this fine group of erratics will be transferred to 

 the Scarborough Museum. 



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Reported by W. Gregson, Esq., Baldershy, Thirsk. 



N. Yorkshire. — Northam Tower, Rokeby : altitude 450 feet — 

 Basalt 20 in. in diameter, rounded ; resting on Carb. limestone. 



Egglestone Abbey, Startforth : altitude 500 feet^ 

 Shap granite, 21 x 15 x 15 in. ; subangular ; resting on Carb. limestone. 



Startforth, near Barnard Castle, on right bank of Tees — 



Shap granite, 50 x 36 x 30 in. ; subangular ; resting on Carb, limestone. 



48 X 30 x 27 in. „ „ „ 



„ diameter 12 in. ; rounded „ „ 



„ 32 X 28 X 26 in. ; subangular „ „ 



„ 30 X 12 X 10 in. „ „ „ 



Grey granite 36 x 18 x 12 in. „ „ „ 



Pickhill, near Thirsk : altitude 100 feet — 



Basalt, 18 X 15 X 14 in. ; subangular; resting on drift overlying Keuper 

 sandstone. 



