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and dignified people. They do not frisk or frolic or 

 indulge in the childish pleasures so usually associated 

 with the ordinary untutored negro. They care little 

 or nothing about music, and I have never seen one 

 of them with a musical instrument of anv kind in 



"NO WONDER THAT THKY INSl'lKEI) TKKKOK. 



his hand. They probably look upon this form of art 

 as an effeminate pastime entirely beneath their 

 dignity. Singing is rarely indulged in except when all 

 join in a weird droning chant to invoke the blessing 

 and goodwill of Ngai on themselves and their flocks, 



