A species of acacia which grows very abundantly in Nubia and the Soudan, is called “The Whistling Tree" by the natives. Its shoots are frequently distorted in shape by the'agency of the larvae of insects, becoming swollen into a globular bladder from one to two inches in diameter. After the insect has emerged from a circular hole in the side of this swelling, the opening, played upon by the wind, becomes a musical instrument, which is said to be nearly equal in sound to a sweet-toned flute. The Giant’s Club in Berlin admits to membership no one under six feet in height. 1
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1314, 6 May 1897, Page 10
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103Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Mail, Issue 1314, 6 May 1897, Page 10
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