CAPTAIN TUCKEY’S NARRATIVE. 128 
natural indolence seems to suppress any fondness for the 
chace. ‘Their musical instruments consist of a large drum 
and a kind of guitar, or rather perhaps a lyre, of which the 
following is a representation. 
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Some pains have been taken, and no small degree of 
labour bestowed, in collecting the materials for this instru- 
ment. The body is of wood much lighter than deal; the 
bridge and the eleven bars which it supports are of iron ; 
they are confined by a strip of bamboo fixed to the body 
or frame by strings of leather; and they rest also on a piece 
of skin. The circular ornament is part of the brass frame 
of a print or looking-glass; and the circles are French 
brass buttons with the head of Louis XVI. on them. The 
tones are soft, and by no means unpleasing. 
Both men and women shave the head in ornamental figures, 
according to fancy, and the brides are always close shaven 
before they are presented to their husbands; this operation 
