142 THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE'S SCHEDULE. 



7. If Boulder is known by any popular name, or lias any legend 

 •connected with it, mention ii. 



8. What is the height of Boulder above the sea? 



9. Is the Boulder indicated on any map, or does it make any 

 boundary of a county, parish, or estate. 



10. If there is any photograph or sketch of the Boulder, please 

 say how Committee can obtain it ? 



11. Is the Boulder connected with any long ridges of gravel or 

 ^and, or is it isolated ? 



12. Upon what does the Boulder rest ? 



(B) Groups of Boulders. 



Though there may be no one Boulder in your chstrict so remark- 

 ril)le as to deserve description, there may be groups of Boulders. 



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

 which they are situated, adding the nearest town, and county, and any 

 ]xirticular enabling their position to be marked on the Ordnance map? 



2. AVhat are the dimensions of the smallest and largest Boulders 

 ■of the grou}) ? 



3. Are the Boulders rounJed. subangular, or angular ? 



4. If any large Boulder of the group {which has not been moved by 

 man) is long-shaped, what is direction by compass of its longest axis? 



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

 Boulder, state — 



{a) Their lengths, depth, and number. 



(<^) The parts of the 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. State 



{a) localities where rocks undoubtedly of the same nature as the 

 Boulders occur. [Be careful to ascertain that none of the 

 Boulders have been brought from a distance by human 

 agency.] 



(^b) The distances of those localities and their bearings by 

 compass from the Boulders. 



7. What is the nature of the rocks composing the Boulders ; 

 -and in what proportions do the Boulders of the various rocks 

 represented in the group occur ? 



8. What is the height of the group above the sea? 



9. Over what area does the group extend, and what number of 

 I )0ulders are there in the group or per acre ? 



10. Are tlie Boulders exposed on the surface, or are they sur- 

 rounded by any deposit ? Add any observations explanatory of 

 t!ie position in which the Boulders are found. 



Naturalist, 



