550 /VKNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1941 



Some of these songs contain only three or four tones, and otliers are 

 wandering melodies, according to the present basis of classification. 



Throughout this study the objective has been to record the structure 

 of the Indian songs under observation, with m.y interpretation. Other 

 students, scanning the material, may reach other conclusions. My 

 work has been to preserve the past, record observations in the present, 

 and oj)en the way for the work of others in the future. 



