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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 any kind in 



"NO WONDER THAT THEY INSPIRED TERROR." 



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, 



