130 Queries by the Geologists of the Survey of New York. 
Rolled Masses, Pebbles, and Erratic Blocks. 
1. Are any large rounded or irregular masses of rock found in 
your neighborhood ? 
2. Do they occur mingled with gravel and pebbles, or are they 
isolated on the surface, or imbedded in the earth? _ 
3. Do they crumble away by the effects of the weather ? 
4. Are they smooth, or nearly so, like pebbles ? 
5. Are there scratches on them in one or more directions ? 
6. Are there ridges on them in one direction only from the harder 
points of the stone, and parallel to the scratches? 
7. Are these rounded masses all of one kind of rock? 
8. What rock or rocks constitute these masses and pebbles ? 
9. Are they similar to ledges of rock known to you, either in the 
vicinity or elsewhere ? 
10. Are barnacles or other shells, or the remains of marine ani- 
mals observed on them, where they are at a distance from the sea, 
or buried in the earth ? 
11. Has ice been known to move masses of rock in ponds, streams, 
bays, or inlets? 
Elevation of Land. 
1. Are there beds of rock containing remains of animals or plants, 
whose proper habitat is the ocean? 
2. Are the rocks horizontal or inclined? 
3. Are they bent, contorted, or are they dislocated ? 
4. What is the direction of the line of bearing of the strata? 
5. Is there any evidence that the rocky strata have been elevated 
at one, or at several epochs? If at one epoch, all the strata are 
conformable up to the time of its occurrence, unless in the rare case 
of elevation without derangement of the dip. If at several, the. 
strata, formed subsequent to each of these epochs, are successively 
unconformable to those below, with the same exception as above. 
6. Are the axes of elevation parallel, or do they intersect, and 
what are their directions ? 
7. The occurrence of anticlinal and synclinal lines, and their di- 
rections, should be particularly noted. 
Agriculture, Manures, &c. 
1. What manures are employed on the soil ? 
2. Has a rotation of manures been tried ? 
