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fides are continued in a ftraight line, to 

 it's whole length, and as well as the 

 finger board, are joined to a crofs bar, 

 in which the pegs are fixed ; the upper 

 part thus forming a frame round the 

 hand, fo that the outfide edge forms 

 nearly an oblong fquare, with the cor- 

 ners a little rounded. It's length is 

 about twenty two inches, it is about ten 

 inches wide at the bottom, and an inch 

 and a half in thicknefs. There are fix 

 firings ;. the four firft are conducted 

 down the finger board, and the other 

 two leave it about an inch to the right. 

 The former are flopped with the fingers, 

 and the others firuck with the thumb. 

 The firings are fupported by a bridge, 

 differing in form from that of a violin, 

 in not being like that, convex, but flat at 

 the top. It is played with a bow, which 

 fince it is drawn over all the firings at 

 the fame time, does not produce merely 

 a fuccefllon of notes, but of concords. 

 The two lower firings feem to ferve as 



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