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storms. There is a straightening of the hairs 

 and apparently a sharp pull upon each. As John 

 Muir has it, "You are sure to be lost in" wonder 

 and praise and every hair of your head will 

 stand up and hum and sing like an enthusiastic 

 congregation." Most people take very gravely 

 their first experience of this kind; especially 

 when accompanied, as it often is, with apparent 

 near-by bee-buzzings and a purplish roll or halo 

 around the head. During these times a sudden 

 finger movement will produce a crackling snap 

 or spark. 



On rare occasions these interesting peculiari- 

 ties become irritating and sometimes serious to 

 one. In " A Watcher on the Heights," in "Wild 

 Life on the Rockies," I have described a case of 

 this kind. A few people suffer from a muscular 

 cramp or spasm, and occasionally the muscles 

 are so tensed that breathing becomes difficult 

 and heart-action disturbed. I have never 

 known an electrical storm to be fatal. Relief 

 from the effects of such a storm may generally 

 be had by lying between big stones or beneath 

 shelving rocks. On one occasion I saw two 



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