"I could not think what he was going to do when he came up here with that long reed, as thick as my leg.

He showed it to me, and I saw that it had a sort of mouthpiece fixed into it; and he made signs that he was going to blow down it.

When he did, it was tremendous and, as it got louder and louder, I put my hands to my ears.

Everything seemed to quiver.

The other row--that diabolical laughing noise--he made with a smaller one.