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At Filey, on the beach between Primrose Valley and Hunmanby 

 Road ; 4 ft. i in. x 2 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. i in. ; angular ; no groovings or 

 striations. Calcareous sandstone with nodules and pebbles. The 

 specimen has been referred to Mr. C. Fox Strangways, F.G.S., and he 

 reports that it resembles so closely some parts of the Dogger that he 

 has little hesitation in referring it to that bed. It rests on Boulder 

 Clay. 



LINDHOLME fS.W. YCRKS.). 



C. BROWNRIDGE, F.G.S., Assoc.M.Inst.CE., 

 Leeds. 



These boulders are on the west front of Lindholme Hall, which 

 is about four miles to the S.E. of Hatfield. The Hall is upon 

 slightly elevated ground in the centre of Hatfield Chase, a wide 

 extent of bog. The deposits in the vicinity of the Hall consist of 

 gravel and sand, resting upon Triassic Sandstone. The boulders 

 extracted from the gravel include magnesian limestone, carboniferous 

 sandstones of various kinds, gannister and millstone grit, porphyries 

 and basalts, quartzite, vein quartz, black flints, chert, etc. 



No. I. 1 ft. 10 in. X I ft. 9 in. x i ft. 8 in. ; longest axis, N.E. to 

 S.W, ; sub-angular; closely-grained Flinty Trap, not unlike some 

 Lake country rocks of that character ; no groovings or striations 

 observed. 



No. 2. 2 ft. II in. X 2 ft. o\ in. x i ft. 7 in.; longest axis, N.E. to 

 S.W. ; rounded ; a coarse grit, almost a conglomerate with large 

 quartz pebbles ; no groovings or striations observed. 



Lindholme is a perfect solitude, and here a mythical personage, 

 half giant, half hermit, known as ' William of Lindholme,' is said to 

 have lived, and to have brought the above stones, known traditional!}' 

 as the 'Thumb Stone ' and the ' Little Finger Stone,' to their present 

 position. 



GUISBOROUGH (NORTH RIDING). 



WILLIAM GREGSON, 

 Baldersby, Thirsk ; Ho7i. Local Secretary, Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society. 



In the Priory Grounds, Guisborough, are two boulders : — No. i 

 is 4 ft. X 3 ft. 6 in. X I ft. 3 in. ; No. 2 is 3 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. x i ft. ; 

 both are sub-angular and have no groovings or striations ; they arc- 

 isolated and about 300 ft. above sea-level. They are composed of 

 Grey Granite, and rest on Lower Lias. 



Nov. 1888. 



