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towards Hindu-kush : it is the sound of drums and nagarets 

 that issues from the sand." All we really know of this often- 

 described music of the desert, after reading all the descrip- 

 tions, is, that its tones bear certain analogies to certain other 

 tones, analogies that seem stronger in one direction to one 

 ear, and stronger in another direction to an ear differently 

 constituted, but which do not exactly resemble any other 

 sounds in nature. The strange music of Jabel Nakous, as a 

 combination of tones, is essentially unique. 



