. The geology of New Hampshire : a report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the legislature. Fig. 57.—Great Rock in Wentworth. similar large boulders are frequent. Those derived from Pawtuckaway are quite no-ticeable for twenty miles to the south-east. Several large ones arc located upon Gov-ernor Prescotts farm. South of the station at Raymond is a boulder of white quartz,transported several hundred feet, 48 feet long, 39 wide, 24 high (30 feet at one end),with two pine trees on top, one 16 inches in diameter near the base. This comparesfavorably in size with some of the Notti
. The geology of New Hampshire : a report comprising the results of explorations ordered by the legislature. Fig. 57.—Great Rock in Wentworth. similar large boulders are frequent. Those derived from Pawtuckaway are quite no-ticeable for twenty miles to the south-east. Several large ones arc located upon Gov-ernor Prescotts farm. South of the station at Raymond is a boulder of white quartz,transported several hundred feet, 48 feet long, 39 wide, 24 high (30 feet at one end),with two pine trees on top, one 16 inches in diameter near the base. This comparesfavorably in size with some of the Nottingham examples. Near Bracketts station inStratham are two sienite boulders, each averaging twenty feet in three directions, thathave come two or three miles. Near Bronsons house in Landaff are boulders ofconglomerate 30 feet in each of the three dimensions. They probably camS fromsome undiscovered layer not far
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