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JOHN. H. COOKE, F.G.S., F.L.S., etc. 4 
FOURTH PAPER. 
For previous papers see ‘The Naturalist,’ 1897, pp. 103-105 ; 1897, pp- 283-284 ; and 1898, pp. 17-20. 
Loutu. —Easigate. 
Dolerite. 43 x 31 x 18 inches. R. Dominant rock in oe 
essle Clay. 
This boulder was found whilst excavating for a drain near 
the Swan Hotel, in Eastgate, at a point which is about 70 feet 
above O.D. Its lower portions were embedded in Hessle 
Clay, while the ? 
Road upper were over- A 
lain with about 
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Made Ground ground. It lay 
(Clayele) in situ, with its 
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} Postvon of Goulder The sequence, we 
character, and ei 
thickness of the i 
deposits, as well a 
Aessle Clay as the relative 
position of the 
boulder, are 
shown in_ the 
accompanying 
section. In shape 
Hessle Gravel the boulder 
. 
is irregularly 
Me vple Clay oblate, one end 
Section in Eastgate, Louth, show wing position of Boulder. being well round- 
For the aia ge ts I am indebted to aed courtesy of ed, the other 
Mr. G. H. Allison, og town surveyo 
somewhat sub- 
angular. As it lay in the course of the projected drain, it was 
removed, and is now to be seen in the corporation yard, James’ 
Street. A close examination of its surfaces fails to reveal any 
traces of strie, but evidences of extensive surface corrosion and 
of incipient fractures are oes marked on the NPP SE sSbeer: 
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