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scale, and about three-fourths of the intervals are descending progres- 
sions. 
One or more scouts, according to the size of the war party, were 
deployed to watch for the enemy. The following is a scout song and 
was said to have been sung by those who had been appointed to travel 
along a ridge of high land, probably parallel with the course taken by 
the war party. The scouts slept there, and as the sun rose they 
looked around but saw no trace of the enemy. The words are not 
transcribed, but were said to mean (freely translated) ‘‘There is no 
one near.”’ 
No. 71. Scout Song (Catalogue No. 724) 
Recorded by Stncer No. 16 
Vorcr g—72 
Drum not recorded 
Analysis.—This song contains only the tones of the minor triad 
and seventh, a tone-material which is considered in the analysis 
of No. 38. Throughout the rendition of this song the tone was firm 
and the intonation good. The descent of a seventh in two intervals, 
occurring in the rhythmic unit, is effective and is barbaric in character. 
The intervals are large, and only 19 progressions occur in the song. 
The tempo is quite slow. The interval of a fifth is prominent in this 
song, 42 per cent of the progressions being fifths. 
The following song was said to be that of a scout who perceived 
that the enemy was near. The song was sometimes used as a parade 
song. The singer, a comparatively young man, said that he learned 
the song from the old men when he was a boy. 
