250 DEL AGO A BAY. 



him and try to bite him, he lashing out savagely 

 all the time. At last the donkey tried to get 

 into my lap, and was lying right over the pom- 

 mel when some Kafirs appeared and dragged 

 him forcibly away. 



The musical instruments of these parts are 

 very primitive, and only of three kinds. One 

 consists of a stick nearly four feet long and 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, slightly 

 bent in the form of a bow by a piece of thin 

 brass wire tightly stretched across and secured 

 at both ends ; a small gourd, having the hollow 

 part outside, is fastened to the middle of the 

 bow by a short piece of wire looped over both 

 stick and wire a small pad, made of palm leaf, 

 being placed between the stick and gourd to 

 prevent them touching. When played, the bow 

 is held in the middle by the left hand, some of 

 the fingers being on each side of the connecting 

 wire securing the gourd, which is pressed against 

 the chest of the player. The long wire is then 

 tapped alternately on each side of the loop with 

 a little cane, producing a minor third ; but if the 



