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PARTICULARS OF STRATA AT GANSTEAD, IN HOLDERNESS. 
BY JOHN STEARS. 
( Communicated November ISth, 1895.) 
In boring for a supply of water at Ganstead, five miles north- 
east of Hull, the following strata were passed through. 
Ft. Ins. 
Soil ... ... ... ... 1 0 
Boulder Clay, containing many forams 53 0 
Sand, angular (no forams) ... ..3 0 
Gravel ,, ... ... 10 0 Some water 
Boulder Clay ... ... ... 13 0 
Sandstone Boulder ... ... 1 6 
Lower Boulder Clay was found contain- 
ing pieces of chalk, forams, and small 
stones ... ... .. 8 0 
Sandstone Boulder ... ... 0 6 
Chalky Marl ... ... ... 12 0 
102 0 
Loose Chalk to 110 feet ; upon pulling out the 
auger the water rose 3 feet into the well, or 
15 feet from the surface. 
FORAMINIFERA 
Rotalia Beccari, 
Nonionina, 
Polystomella striata, 
Obulina uni versa. 
FOUND IN BORING. 
Textularia variabilis, 
Globigerina bulloides 
(very scarce), 
Polymorphina lactea. 
