Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-24
MUSIC OF THE WILD.

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And louder notes from bemloolx large
And bop.reed struok the ear.
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things. Tbara ia at least . oloss Of na+,,rol
sounds, OF a somewhat Obscure character
which appear not unlikely to have been mis-
takon in a superstitious age for fairy music
We have been assured. though only on hear
say authority, that few years ago the people
Of small district in Roxburehshire were
kept in a state Of excitement for several DAYS
by sounds, as Of music, wandering over the
country, for which no one could account.
though ali heard il. In 1910. some moaning
sounds in the ochii Hills in Perthsbire, at
tracted scientific attention. on the occasion OF
an earthouaks taking place at Comrie. A few
miles of. The sounds NAV hav, been occas-
toned by sarthouakes in both cases. II has
indeed been remarked "a probable that the
Ochil Hills ancicntlv acouired their nam. from
.oundseonneeted with the Comrieeartboual,e
which are of notable freouencv. being heard
amongst them for the C;aalic word for moan
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Humboldt, in his Personal Narrative, speaks
OF subterranean notes, Ike those of an organ,
heard towards sunrise by those who sleep up
on the granite rocks on the banks of the Or
inoco. TINS Will recall to the reader the eel
eDrated statue OF Memnon in Egypt, which at
sunrise emitted musical sounds-a fact attest
cd by so many respectable writers of antiquity,
that there seems no good reason to doubt it,
frozen bay described by Mr. Head (brother
OF Sir Franeis) in his :" Forest Scenes" pre-
scented similar phenomena. After speaking of
the loud noises produced by the cracking of
the ice, he goes ON to say-"A dreary nm
aulating sound wandered from point to point
perplexing the mind to imagine whence it
came, or whittier II went, and whether aerial
or subterranean sometimes like low moan
ing, and then swelling into a deep-toned note,
as produced by some Rolian instrumental
being in real fact, and without metaphor the
voice Of winds imprisoned in the bosom ofthe
deep" He found this recur wheneverthe tenn
peraturc fell very suddenly. 1t seems IA
phenomenon nearly allied to what the Welsh
and Sotch call the soughing of the wind
The writer already quoted by his initials f. $.
says" On turning to a map of Cheshire, it |
will be seen that from within short distance
eastward Of Macclesfleld, range of Hills ex-
tends in an irregular curve to the northwest,
forming sort Of concave screen, somewhat
abruptly terminating over the comparatively
level plains Of this part OF the country. In
parts OF these, as well as in more ele-
vated spots at the various distances OF from
'our to six miles or more, at certain seasons
II the year, usually in the early part offspring,
when the wind is easterly, and nearly calm