120 THE' BOULDEES OP THE BKOMSGEOVE DISTRICT, 
more or less, sub-angular ; some of tbe more compact blocks- 
having suffered less by atmospheric erosion than the softer ones. 
There are three varieties of felspathic rock among them ; one 
with small porphyritic crystals, one very compact, and one a 
decided ash. They vary in colour, from light grey to dark grey 
— ^frequently with a bluish tinge. The following is a list of the 
principal boulders in this locality : — 
Height above 
Dimensions. the sea in ft. 
Corner of road near Station, com- 
pact felstone (C. F. below) ... 3' 0"x2' 0"x3'' 0" 275 
Close to Railway Bridge, three frag- 
ments felstone with quartz. 
Near Finstal House, three boulders 
with fragments, C. F, ... ... 2' 0"x2' 0"x2' 0" ... 276 
Another, 100 yards up East Road, 
felspathic ash (F. A. below) ... 5' 0"x 3' 6"x3' 0" ... 280 
With four smaller, near Webb’s Farm. 
Near Stoke Elm and Canal Bridge, 
almost hornstone ... ... 2' 0" x 1' 6" x 1' 0" 
Near Meadow Farm, felstone. 
On Hanhury Road, near Stoke, 
greenish F. A. ... ... ... 21"x 14"x 12" 
Opposite Stoke Church, with smaller 
ones, F. A. ... ... ... 18"x 15"x 12" 
At Fringe Green, horny F. A. ... 5' 6"x4' 0"x2' 4" ... 273' 
Several on new road to Bromsgrove, 
felstone, ... ... ... ... 270 
Near Police Station, several ... ... 292' 
Others, similar in structure, corner 
of Old Station Street, Hobbis’s 
Yard, Chapel Street, Mill Lane, 
Alcester Road, &c., at heights 
varying from ... 
282 to 290 
