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ADAMSON : THE YORKSHIRE BOULDER COMMITTEE. 



with, that of the boulders is found in the valley to the north, at 

 various spots varying from a mile to a mile and a half from the place 

 where the boulders are most thickly congregated. Are all exposed 

 on the surface ; in many instances the masses of Silurian Grit have 

 protected the Limestone immediately beneath, whilst the surrounding 

 surface has been removed and they now stand on pedestals of 

 Limestone, 12 to 1 8 in. in height. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NORBER BLOCKS. 



Phillips. Trans. Geol. Soc, vol. iii.,p. 13 ; and Rivers, Mountains, 

 and Sea Coast of Yorkshire, p. in. 



Hughes. Proc. Yorks. Geol. and Polytech. Soc. (1867), iv, 574 ; 

 and Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. (1886), xlii, 527. 



Tiddeman. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. (1872), xxxviii, 477. 



Davis. Proc. Yorks. Geol. and Polytech. Soc, vol. vii, 266. 



Davis and Lees. West Yorkshire, pp. 200, 201, 267.' 



Adamson. Trans. Leeds Geol. Assoc., Part i (1885) pp. 32-34. 



SALTBURN, YORKSHIRE (N. RIDING). 



W. Y. VEITCH, M.D. 



M iddlesbrotigh. 



Saltburn ; thirty feet from the top of the road leading up from the 

 beach ; almost opposite the Zetland Hotel ; 3 ft. 8 in. high, 14 ft. in 

 circumference ; is entirely out of ground on one side ; rounded ; has 

 no long axis, no groovings, or striations ; Shap Fell Granite ; has no 

 popular name and is without a legend ; about 150 ft. above sea-level; 

 is not indicated upon any map ; it rests upon Middle Glacial Drift. 



REPORT UPON BOULDERS AT FILEY AND HUMMANBY. 



WILLIAM HODGSON GILL, 

 Stourton, Leeds. 



At Filey, Yorkshire, and lies on the beach behind the w^ooden 

 piles at the base of cliff, near Ravine Villas; 3 ft. 3. in. x 2 ft. 2 in. 

 X 2 ft. 2 in. ; is rounded ; no groovings or striations ; Shap Fell 

 Granite ; it rests on Boulder Clay. 



At Hunmanby, at the end of the road leading to the beach; 

 3 ft. 7 in. X 2 ft. 3 in. X 2 ft. 3 in. ; is sub-angular; no groovings or 

 striations ; Shap Fell Granite ; it rests on Boulder Clay. 



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