Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 283
d on their courseby the buoys gleamingflash and its deep-throat-ed, friendly voice. For, yes, the buoy, forall it is made of iron,has a voice—or perhapsit would be better tosay, a whistle. And quitean odd thing about itis that it is the waves ofthe ocean which blowthe whistle. For everytime a… … Photograph by the U. S. Geological Survey THE DEVILS POST-PILE NATIONAL MONt:MENT, CALIFORNIA forced up through the long iron tube that hangsbeneath and into the whistle itself, and at inter-vals of a minute or two sounds the weird Ow-oo-o; while regularly, every minute or so, atits tip, its…
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