286 REPOET— 1892. 



In the neighbourhood there are many rounded pieces of millstone grit, 

 some of which must be boulders, but the quarries in the neighbourhood 

 contain many rounded concretions, and the rounded appearance of some 

 blocks found isolated by the roadside may be due to this cause. 



North "Wales. 



* Beported ly Mr. A. C. Nicholson, F.G.8., of Oswcstnj. 



Llanymynech Hill, 6 miles S. of Oswestry, and in the parishes of 

 Oswestry, Llanyblodwel, and Llanymynech. 



In ' Bottom-rock ' quarry, 650 ft. above O.D. — 

 2 ft. X 1 ft. G in. X 1 ft. ; rounded ; argillite. 



Associated with this were many blocks of Caradoc sandstone, trap, and 

 local limestone. They occurred in a bed of gravel graduating downward 

 into a red stony clay, which rested upon a surface of limestone striated 

 from 22° S. of W. to 22° N. of E. In a disused quarry known as Charles 

 Roberts's Pant, in the township of Crickheath, 590 ft. above O.D., 

 another surface showed strife from 12° S. of W. to 12° N. of E. 



* Reported ly Rev. C. R. Barker, B.A., S.J., of St. Beuno's College, 



St. Asaph. 



Tremeirchion, near St, Benno's College. A small piece of the Eurite 

 of Ailsa Craig. 



"Worcestershire. 



* Beported hy Mr. George Grat, of Worcester. 



Worcester. — From a gravel pit about 30 ft. above the present level of 

 the River Severn the following series was obtained, representing all the 

 varieties that could be found — 



Vein quartz, 1. 



Agate, 1. 



Buttermere granophyre, 1. 



Welsh lavas, 3. 



Welsh agglomerate, 1, 



Flint, 1. 



Eskdale granite (the typical aspect as well as varieties), 9 



Scottish granites (these are all of familiar Galloway types, and include rocks 



much resembling the varieties found at Creetown and Eigg o' Burnfoot), G. 

 Ehyolite of the Wrekin, 1. 

 U. Llandovery limestone (a block about 9 in. long, containing Stricklandinia), 1. 



Isle of Man. 

 * Beported ly Rev. S. N. Harrison, of Ramsey. 



MaugJiold. — On the high road between Port-e-Vullyn and the Cairn. 

 Small boulders of granite, under 1 ft. in diameter, lie scattered on both 

 sides of the hill, especially towards the eastern portion of the north side 

 on Balladromma. On the top of the range at East Ballatesson, on 

 Magher- lough — 



(1) 2 ft. X 1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. ; Biotite granite. 



(2) 1 ft. 6 in. X 1 ft. X 1 ft. ; Biotite granite. 



(3) 1 ft. 4 in. X 1 ft. X 1 ft. ; Biotite granite. 



and other smaller ones. 



