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ADAMSON : THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



2. A similar but flatter block, lying at base of Boulder Clay, 

 partially exposed, on North side of Naze, just above Oolitic rocks ; 

 2 ft. II in. X 2 ft. 8 in. x i ft. 2 in. ; direction E.N.E. Beautifully 

 furrowed with ice-marks. Whinstone. 



3. A mass, lying exposed on Oolitic rocks, about 50 ft. above 

 sea-level, evidently washed out of Boulder Clay above ; 3 ft. 8 in. x 

 2 ft. X I ft. 4 in. : smooth edges, flat surface. Mica-Trap. 



4. Small block, on ledge, fallen as above. Quartz-Felsite. 



5. In Boulder Clay, on S. side of the Naze. Black earthy 

 Limestone, with Iron-Pyrites. 



6. Fine mass of Lias, with Lower Lias fossils (Gryphsea, Mya, 

 etc.) I ft. X I ft. 5 in. X 7 in. Washed out of Boulder Clay on N. 

 side of the Naze. 



7. Mass of Freestone, lying partially exposed, half-way up N. 

 face of Boulder Clay at Carr Naze; 3 ft. 10 in. x 2 ft. 4 in. x i ft. ; 

 direction N. ; no markings. 



MUSTON, NEAR FiLEY (EaST RiDING). 



In and around the village of Muston are the following boulders : 

 No. I. 3 ft. X 2 ft. X ij ft. Basalt. Smoothed. 



,, 2. I ft. 3 in. X ift.9 in. x i ft. 6 in. ,, Sharp edges. 



3. 2 ft. X 3 ft. X I ft. 8 in. „ Smoothed. 



„ 4. 4 ft. 5 in. X I ft. 10 in. X 2 ft. ,, Triangular-shaped end. 

 „ 5. 3 ft. X 2 ft. 4 in. X I ft. 8 in. „ Angular. 

 „ 6. I ft. 8 in. X 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 1 1 in. ,, Smoothed on one side. 

 ,, 7. 4 ft. 6 in. X I ft. 7 in. X I ft. 3 in. Grit. 



Round the sign-post in the centre of Muston village are two 

 boulders. Basalt; 2 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. 3 in. x 8 in. (embedded in 

 ground), and 2 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. (embedded in ground). 



A boulder at the corner of a house close by. Basalt ; 2 ft. 3 in. x 



1 ft. 8 in. X 9 in. 



There are at least half-a-dozen others from i ft. to 2 ft. cubes. 

 In a bank surmounted by a hedge, at the Hunmanby end of the 

 village, are three Gritstone boulders ; 3 ft. 3 in. x i ft. 8 in. x i ft. i in. ; 



2 ft. 7 in. X I ft. 8 in. ; 3 ft. x i ft. 5 in. 



In the middle of a grass field, halfway between Muston and 

 Hunmanby in a straight line, is an isolated boulder of Basalt; 

 rounded : 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x i ft. i^ in. Embedded in the 

 ground. 



Bempton (East Riding). 



At Bempton, in the fields known as the 'Leys,' a few yards from 

 the top of Bempton Cliffs, opposite Scale Nab, are two boulders, 

 which are about 50 yds. apart. 



Naturalist, 



