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NOTES—GEOLOGY. 
s at Morecambe.—With reference to my note on this 
eae in the ‘ Naturalist’ (p. on Iam erp that several pe eo examples of 
Shap granite have been noted on the beach close to Heysham, and some very large 
and beautifully pig Siluri ian bealden have lately been dug out during the 
excavations at docks now being made at Heysham.—H. Spricut, Bingley, 
Boulders on the Lancashire Coast.—In reply to Mr. Speight’s note in 
this month’s numb Se I should like to say that I have carefully examined the 
boulders, lar tge and small, along the Lancashire pow Rossall towards 
Fleetwood and tow ints Blackpool, and have never discovered a piece of Shap 
here is a great abu ta ance of syenite and eraaied boulders, ae 
the oda Coast present such a contrast bs those on the 
0 b2 a scare a A of granite and syenite but a great quantity of boul 
dolerite. and basalt.—A. W. Rowe, Training College, Lincoln, Nov. 22nd, 1 1897- 
Boulder: = hep Granite in Morecambe Bay.— It is always seta to 
ce s of Shap granite erratics, and it is particularly gratifying to learn 
ftom the ‘ Naturali for November (p. 338) that Mr. Harry Speight has prevailed 
upon the vice-chairman of the Morecambe Local Boa a 
the boulder of Shap granite which he has found at West End, Morecambe. It is 
to be hoped that all the readers of this er ee will not lose a single opportunity 
P tecting these silent witnesses of t which are rapidly diminishing 
numbers every year, through a variet role cause: 
ay a I Speig ight’s query. to sa boulders of Shap granite 
s Morecambe Bay, I should like to state 
on the Isle of \ 
har early as far west, ere" in par direction, Mr. J. W. Stather. E68 .G.S., 
ull, has fou und a boulder of = granite, viz., on the shores of the sigs & rsey 
rpool, This is in an entirely new locality. (See 
S, 
Mr. Lois Kend ee 
British Isles, in Prof, gies 3 * 7 ore Tee ss the Glacia “i! Peri criod ” (1893), _ 
Ct ad the dispersion o she granite erratics, says (p. 180) : spon goer le 
umber of the bou ders abe found their way to the sontewai: and a well-mar - 
= can be followed down into Morecambe Bay ; ‘a at nk, to shoal i te 
vies t ‘a the boulder-clay contains many exam oe f ee oa 0 
® this boo information on 
F perant tas Hon ce “Hull Selene and Field Naturalists’ yet Tall, 
ic. Iders in Lincolnshire.—I see in Mr. J. H. aaiie Nie ‘thie 
ire Bow i September nomtiek of the ‘ Natu Sr iach tae 
arious records of boulders met with at corners near ho a T do sat waite . 
N r. Cooke is an accurate a ea. tae I woul 
Soa By way his account of the bou oh 
ton to the face thet i ‘does not at os follow oe a a in inc 
liec as ha 
long to it = I 
in. urge anything to the contrary; he simply gree et 
certain Bhaidees and ee is, evidently, alive to the gees SS aientls 
€ only speak Ainge of all th e ae ¥ 
er : 
the gateway of Smith’s Farm,’ and 
ases 
ar baie, ok as at North Thoresby, may be t takes 6 © 
