Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-07-18

they have been detached from The
bank itself. the strata ~ whlch are
of rock ~ the same tormailoa. They
are huge boaldcra RULED and polished
By the sssa.
The sounding are thres IN
numbcr They are hong prisma,ie
blocks. iying side by side, At right
angles with the shore. aud bscauso of
their tsrm. the inhabitants soms4imez
cali them the horses in the stable "
The ceniral stone mors particularly
exhibits the phenomenon. u l. about
- feet - length. and - Zee, Ia sirrum-
ierence. thus giving Il an approximate
weight oi $4,000 pouads On ths
river side Il ends la a sort of truneated
spur. ID IL "A this part that IL ia
necessary 10 strike Il with an iron ln-
strumens, oF. better. with Stone of the
same nature Near this spur there
are observed three or four points that
vs. Csc 'l rsgssl. T. IN ~~ssY ''i..iisi'. ''si...iissii'.
These are the poiuts a which the
maximum II sonorouaaezs L. obtained
Under blow the stone enits a very
clear, silveFy sound. similar 10 that
which would be obtained by striking a
large hell with a maiiet u soft wood.
The mere one approaches the other
eRd. In containing the blows. the deader
the souad heoomes Near tie Top the
t0taliig seems 90 increase a little.
Finally. at certain points. which must
b. nodes % vibration. merely dall
sound II obtained. n. While striking.
one presscs bis ear against the other
extremity oi the rock. the sound heard
IL extraordinarily Intense. and. ia
measure as IA dios eat. the various har-
monics are distinctly perceived. The
two other stones emit nothing more
than a mufird sound. u j. asserted
that ibis T. due \ The fact that they
have bern Disturbed by the action IT
The sea. IN fact. 10 &. 10 be noted that
the musical stone Frsts through a iea
poiuts only upon the pebbles that sup
port IL. while the two others are now
partially -unk ia ths suhlacent earth.
We examined an the surrounding
stones. aud found several that gave
very varied SQUADS. without thene secm-
ing to b. any relation between their
size and ths height ~ the pitch Al
The cBd ~ the cove wo morv pariicu-
larry REMARKED horizontal stratum
partially buried in the shore and ii.
,l3ed into fragments. forming. a. Il
were. something Iiko the gigantic Key.
uf prsh -tori, piano. Three Of these
stones gave clearly tho perfect malo
chord While watching our researches
with curiosity, "a hoy 81 the locality
exclaimed aow ani then. previous Go
our experiments. .Nul soundl1
'Nont soundf and. accustomed %
mako The singular -t0nes spo ak. he
-oon showed us hos. at tue first
I glance. "a was possible to rccognlke the
musical stoues Tho rocks, ia fact
exhibit two very difer,nt aspocta
Those 81 siisery graB. with q very
lae texture, all render. even when
proken, a very pure sound those ef
q darker coior and blotchci with
brown. through an excess Of iron. are
a. II exioliaied. aud emit NO sound.
Thess sounding rooAs have more
than once Furnished their contingent
"a the already rich legendary Of the
Breioa country We we're struck BY
ono uf the-a lsgvnd-. n 9. tho story
IT a tailor thHmp-backed. of coursol.
who. one Hne evening. obliwingly as
sisted iu completing the round Of the
fairies 90 Gg.lju. vho wcre disoouao-
late over being iH unequal numbers
A rev ard. tho fairies Taught him ts
sound the stone iu making wish.
Al The call 81 the mysterious bell there
came from the depths ~ the earth
enome- and elves. who satisfied the
fortunate tailor's Ni-he-. and begun IN
tbe ast place by Kidding him Of biz
| hump Then comes the usual counter.
part The artiul aud .cof'ing miller Of
the valley oi tho Arguenon wished "a
imitat. The tailor. and succeeded only
In making the fairies hostile They
avenged themselves on him BY ridding
themselves. al his expense. OF the
tailor's hump which took up its perch
on the miller's shoulders. N. y.
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