SINGING SANDS.
Singing sands, which give forth a musical humming when moved by strong winds, are found sometimes to have the sound increased to a kind of hoot 'when a - small quantity of the grains is clipped between the hands. Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, seem to have the most (remarkable of such sands. Tho Colorado Desert contains similar material; Manchester, Mass., (U.S.A.),films a,, famous “singing beach”; and other deposits have been reported.-,(The miscroscope shows their peculiar property when removed, and one theory, is that the sounding is due to a thin film of gas.—“ Popular Science Siftings.”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 28, 18 September 1911, Page 8
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