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LINCOLNSHIRE BOULDERS. 



ARTHUR SMITH, F.L.S., F.E.S.. 

 Grim shy. 



^Ir. C. B. Parker, of Irby, has placed in the Grimsby Museum 

 a collection of chipping-s from boulders in his district. Many of 

 the boulders have been taken to the farmstead, and by such 

 means their preservation is assured. I believe all those in the 

 following- list are now in or near the farm garden, and the two 

 boulders recently recorded, one of which is of Carrock Fell 

 Gabbro and the first record for the county, are now w^ith them, 

 having- been removed from the site on which they were dis- 

 covered. Duplicate chippings have been sent to Mr. C. S. 

 Carter, of Louth, who is interesting- himself in the boulders of 

 the county and desires chips from any Lincolnshire boulder with 

 authentic measurements and position. The numbers do not 

 run consecutively, and, to avoid any confusion by re-numbering, 

 I give them as they have come to hand. Mr. T. Sheppard, of 

 Hull, kindly went through them and named the rocks for 

 Mr. Parker. 







m. 



111. 



m. 







in. in. 



in. 



1. 



Basalt 



18 X 



15 >^ 



6 



20. 



Schist, decomposed 



8x 8x 



6 



2. 



Quartzite 



9x 



8x 



6 



22. 



Aug-ite Syenite 



10 x 8x 



5 



3- 



Basalt 



9x 



6x 



6 



25- 



Granite (foreig-n) ... 



14 X 12 X 



10 



4- 



Sandstone (Oolitic, 

 ^vith specks of 









26. 



Horneblende Schist, 

 very fine 



12 X 12 X 



5 





iron) 



7x 



6x 



5 



27. 



Secondary Sand- 







5- 



Quartz Porphyry, 











stone 



9 X 8 X 



5 





like A r m b 0 1 h 









28. 



Basalt 



12 X 9 X 



6 





Dyke, Lake 









29. 



Basalt 



9 X 8 X 



5 





District... 



9x 



6 x 



5 



30. 



Basalt 



14 X 9 X 



6 



6. 



Carboniferous Lime- 









31- 



Basalt? 



16 X 8 X 



6 





stone, weathered 



10 X 



6x 



4 



32. 



Sandstone, Carbon- 







7- 



Carboniferous Sand- 











iferous? 



12 X 9 X 



5 





stone 



9x 



8x 



4 



33- 



Andesite (?)... 



9 X 8 X 



7 



8. 



Limestone, 









34- 



Basalt 



I I X 9 X 



6 





weathered 



1 I x 



6x 



5 



35- 



Quartzite 



24 X 22 X 



12 



9- 



Basalt 



12 X 



7 X 



6 



36. 



Sandstone ... 



23 X 19 X 



1 1 



12. 



Oolitic Limestone ... 





12 X 



8 



37- 



Granite, with much 







14. 



Basalt 



16 X 





9 





quartz ... 



16 X 15 X 



10 



16. 



Basalt 



i6x 



9x 



8 



3S. 



Basalt 



19 X 18 X 



7 



18. 



Schist, with quartz .. 



21 x 



12 X 



6 



39- 



Granite 



14 X H X 



6 



19. 



Siindstone, fine 



i5>; 



6x 



6 



42. 



Rhomb Porphyry ... 



16 X 16 X 



9 



We reg-ret to learn that the 'Field Naturalists' Quarterly' has shared 

 the fate of those other excellent natural history journals, " Natural Science' 

 and ' Science Gossip,' and has been discontinued. 



Naturalist, 



