Show Sand Is Found I Along England's Coast I Everybody has hns heard of sinking sand but but some seaside places In England England possess posses singing sand I At on the Dorset coast a stretch of sinking singing sand was discovered some years r ars ago sand ago sand which when rubbed rubbed together to ether gives out a more or oress orless less ess musical note I On a number of beaches round the British const coast there are patches p of sand which when dry makes a n strange e tinkling sound sound when allowed to O fall to to the ground Certain conditions of wind and tide are lire necessary to t produce prod ce sounds soun s from some of these sands When examined under a microscope the musical sand sandIs Is ts found to consist of grains that are clean free from fine matter smooth and polished rounded and aed all nIl of sim aim similar ilar liar size Musical sands were first discovered Jn tn Great Britain on the west coast o of Scotland Other countries possess them as aswell well A beach bench where each footstep brings forth orth a mysterious m piping sound was discovered some years rearS ago by an Eng Eng- En near the site of the ancient port por of Germ Gerra G The native nathe of South America has a different way of referring to these thes sands that sing lie calls them tha devils devil's drum although ilith ugh the tile sound Is not Dot like Ilke that of a n drum I |