He sat drumming with his fingers on his desk for a while, and then rose and turned to his books.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Where the villages were closer to one another the arrival of the extraordinary travelers was announced from one village to the other by the beating of drums, for the negroes give notice of everything with the aid of drumming.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
A great many players I have known had the habit of drowning the expert performance of the right hand with the clumsy drumming of the left; but you seem to understand that the left hand should modestly follow and assist, not lead, as is the habit of busy people.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe