Linda makes a number of good points. Another one to throw into the mix is that as adults, our forefather's hearing was most likely more acute than ours. Our generation has been exposed to so much noise that many of us as adults suffer some hearing loss. Sam In a message dated 2/5/01 8:36:19 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dolluver01@aol.com writes: > Jon, > Thanks. It seems almost impossible that many miles, that cannons could be > heard, especially with all the timber of that era. I guess, in our day with > all the noise, it is difficult to imagine the peace and quite that lay over > the land and sound would travel to where you could hear it farther since > the > noise level would not be as great with all the cars, trucks, factories and > etc. > Thanks, >