FROM FRANCIS FOWKE, ESQ. 299 



manner that, I think, prepares the ear for a change of 

 modulation, to which the uncommonly full and fine 

 tones of thefe notes greatly contribute ; but the ear is, 

 T think, always difappointed : and if there is ever any 

 tranfition from the principal key, I am inclined to think 

 it is very fhort. Were there any other circumftances 

 refpe6ling the Indian mufic, which led to fuppofe that 

 it has, at lome period, been much fuperior to the prefent 

 practice, the ftyle, fcale and antiquity of this inftru- 

 mcnt, would, I think, greatly confirm the fuppofition. 



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