62 West America?! Scientist. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Hamilton, Ind., Dec. 27, 1886. 



Dear Sir : — Please find enclosed stamps for specimen copy ol 

 your magazine, and also stamp for information I desire. I wish 

 to procure some " singing sand." I have read that it was found 

 in Lower California. Can you give me the address of some one 

 that I could be enabled to get a specimen of it? Do you know 

 whether^the sound is very perceptible ? Yours respectfully, 



T. A. Beecher. 



[The December issue of the West American Scientist 

 gives an account of the sonorous sand found in one of the Sand- 

 wich Islands. Previous issues contained mention of the singing 

 sands of San Diego and other portions of the country. These 

 sands at San Diego are found on the ocean beach, and do not 

 differ from other beach sand materially. It obtains its musical 

 properties seemingly by drying and forming a soft crust, which 

 when broken or disturbed by the foot produces a gentle woo, woo, 

 woo, that may be heard in a calm for twenty yards or more. 



Ed.] 



Winfield, Kansas, Jan. 8, 1887. 



C. R. Orc7itt, Esq. , San Diego, Cal. : 



Dear Sir — Inclosed find ten cents, for which send me sample 

 copy of the West American Scientist, as advertised in Gunn's 

 Climate, etc., of San Diego, Jan. i, 1886, a copy of which I have. 

 I send also two cents in stamps additional, for which send me any 

 later brochures issued for gratuitous distribution about the San 

 Diego country. Is there a larger and better map— showing 

 mountains and physical features of San Diego County, or South- 

 ern Cal fornia— than that attached to Gunn's pamphlet? If so, 

 let me know the price, and I will send the amount for a copy; or 

 if you choose to send with price marked on it, and the cost does 

 not exceed, say, one dollar, I will remit upon receipt. I want a 

 better map than the one attached to Gunn's pamphlet, if such has 

 been issued. Yours truly, 



/. E. McMullen. 



[Any one knowing of a better map than the one referred to will 

 oblige by calling attention to it. The new edition of Capt. Gunn's 

 work, it is hoped, may be an improvement on the last in this re- 

 spect. We hope to give such a map as is wanted in a future 

 issue of this magazine as soon as time may allow of the com- 

 pletion of present arrangements. Ed.] 



The sun has crossed the line. It is surmised that he was cash- 

 ier of the bank where the wild thyme blows. 



