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REFERRING to the correspondence with regard to the so-called “musical sands,” which has appeared in your columns, it may be of interest to record the fact that sand with similar properties is found in Botany Bay, New South Wales, not far from the spot where Captain Cook first landed. When displaced by pressure from above, or disturbed with the hand or stick, this sand emits a musical sound, which appears to vary in intensity according to the degree of moisture which it contains. Should any of your correspondents wish for specimens, I shall be happy to forward a small quantity to them.
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OLLIFF, A. Sonorous Sand at Botany Bay. Nature 39, 224 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039224b0
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