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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