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great interest. The Committee had prepared a map of the 

 county, upon which the various boulders recorded were indicated, 

 and even in those days the map was remarkable for the unusual 

 proportion of records upon its eastern portion ! If this map has 

 been added to year by year in the same manner, the same feature 

 will doubtless be noticeable, though to a more marked degree. 

 In this second report the Rev. E. M. Cole gives details of many 

 boulders, principally in the Filey neighbourhood. Mr. Samuel 

 Chadwick (who is now in New Zealand) was responsible for 

 quite a large number of North and East Riding records. These 

 early reports are remarkable for their many records of ' whin- 

 stone,' ' sandstone,' etc. — rocks which are pretty plentifully 

 distributed in all our clays, and which do not now demand quite 

 so much attention from geologists. Mr. H. M. Platnauer 

 describes the collection of far-travelled stones which were 

 unearthed during the construction of the new station at York, 

 these specimens having been preserved in the grounds of the 

 Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Many boulders of Shap 

 granite (always interesting from the fact that it is so easily 

 recognisable, and has travelled from Shap Fell, near the Lakes) 

 are noted in these early lists. The late Mr. J. W. Davis, F.G.S., 

 and the late Mr. Robert Mortimer contributed to this second 

 report. The former dealt with the famous Norber Blocks, and the 

 latter described a quartzose sandstone near Stamford Bridge. 

 At this period the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Green, 

 was promoted to the Professorship of Geology at Oxford, and 

 Professor L. C. Miall was elected Chairman in his stead. 



The third report, issued in October 1889, is the last one 

 edited by Mr. Adamson, who died after a brief illness in March 

 1890. Several pages of this lengthy report are occupied by 

 particulars of boulders observed by Mr. Samuel Chadwick in 

 various parts of the east of Yorkshire. Numerous other valuable 

 records also appear, but particular mention should be made 

 of the careful and detailed work of Mr. W. Watts, F.G.S., 

 Engineer to the Oldham Corporation Waterworks. A list of 

 the then members of the Yorkshire Boulder Committee is given 

 in the report just referred to, which it may not be uninteresting 

 to quote. Several of the gentlemen are unfortunately no longer 

 with us, and three of the first Committee, viz., Messrs. J. E. 

 Bedford, E. M. Cole, and Wm. Home, are still members of the 

 present Committee. The Committee consisted of : —Professor 

 L. C. Miall, F.L.S., F.G.S. (Chairman), Messrs. C. D. Hard- 

 castle (Vice-Chairman), J. E. Bedford, F.G.S., C. Brownridge, 



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