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Our guide drew our attention to a roaring sound proceeding from
the sea, which he said indicated a change of wind, and the approach of
a storm. We heard a distant noise, which was more distinctly percep-
tible on applying the ear to the ground on the flats. Near us all was
still, and as far as we could see, the finest weather. But in the far dis-
tance, there was a roaring and raging, as if all nature was in commotion.
We could hardly imagine that it proceeded merely from the concussion
of drops of water, and bubbles of foam. It sounded as if beams of wood
were tumbling over each other, and shattering to splinters, and often
there were harsh and clearly defined noises, as if a heap of cannon balls
or rocks were rolling down a mountain. The sounds indeed were not
so loud as when near at hand, but they were sharper, more rattling and
crashing, so that it seemed scarcely possible that water could produce
them. Kohl, II. p. 27.
