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THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE'S 

 SCHEDULE. 



[We have pleasure in reprinting the directions given in the Schedules which 

 are furnished by the Yorkshire Boulder Committee, in order that they 

 may be on permanent record as an indication of the nature of the work 

 which the Committee is instituted to perform. The Committee for 1887 

 consists of the following gentlemen: — Prof. A. H. Green, M.A., F.R.S., 

 Leeds, Chairman ; Mr. C. D. Hardcastle, Leeds, Vice-Chairman ; 

 Prof. L. C. Miall, F.G.S., Leeds; Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., Wetwang ; 

 Mr. J.E. Bedford, Leeds ; Mr.C. Brownridge, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.,F.G.S., 

 Horsforth ; Mr. S. Chadwick, ^lalton ; Mr. J. W. Davis, F.G.S., Halifax ; 

 Mr. Aid. John Hill, Morley ; Mr. B. Holgate, F.G.S.. Hunslet ; Mr. Wm. 

 Horne, Leyburn ; Mr. James Spencer, Halifax ; and Mr. Thomas Tate, 

 F.G.S., Leeds ; with Mr. S. A. Adamson, F.G.S., Leeds, as Hon. Sec] 



YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE 

 (In connection with the Boui.der Committee of the British Associatiox). 



If there are in your district any (A) Isolated Erratic Blocks 

 or Boulders, or (B) Groups of Boulders — i.e.^ Masses of Rock, 

 evidently transported by natural agency from some locality more or 

 less remote — please return this paper, with answers to the following 

 queries, and also, w^here possible, a hand -specimen of the rock 

 reported upon, to Saml. A. Adamson, F.G.S., Secretary to the 

 Yorkshire Boulder Committee, 52, Wellclose Terrace, Leeds. 

 (A) Isolated Boulders. 



Queries. — i. What is name of the parish, estate, and farm, on 

 w^hich Boulder is situated, adding nearest town and county, and any 

 particular enabling its position to be marked on the Ordnance map ? 



2. What are dimensions of Boulder, in length, breadth, and height 

 above ground ? 



3. Is the Boulder rounded, subangular, or angular ? 



4. If the Boulder is long-shaped, and has not been moved by 

 man, what is direction by compass of its longest axis ? 



5. If there are any natural ruts, groovings, or striations on 

 Boulder, state — 



{a) Their length, depth, and number. 

 ih) The part of Boulder striated, viz., whether top or sides. 

 {c) Whether the striations are in the direction of the longer axis, 

 or at what angle to it ? 



6. What is the nature of the rock composing the Boulder ? If 

 it is of a species of rock differing from any rocks adjoining it, state 

 locality where, from personal observation, you know that a rock of 

 the same nature as the Boulder occurs, the distance of that locality, 

 and its bearings by compass from the Boulder. 



May 1887. 



