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tightened at pleasure, by simply twisting it upon 

 the stick pin. The bows were caricatures of the 

 European ones, being little tough boughs of some 

 tree or other, bent into a semicircle, the two ends 

 being connected by a loose band of horse-hair of 

 the same character as the fiddle-string. A piece of 

 attan, or the frankincense of Arabia, served the 

 musicians instead of resin, and was kept in little 

 bags that were suspended by strings from the 

 handles of their instruments. A sharp pointed 

 stick being pushed into the ground, the doll was 

 fixed upon it so that it could move freely about. 

 It was then connected by a long string with the 

 bow of the fiddle, the motion of the one whilst 

 playing, making the other jump about in the most 

 approved Jim Crow fashion, to the great delight of 

 the naked, chattering, dark-skinned children, who 

 pushed their faces and little limbs among their 

 equally amused, but more staid elders, who 

 thronged the house to witness the performance. 

 When the musicians departed, a present of two 

 ahmulahs made them quite happy, and after they 

 were gone, and the greater part of the company 

 with them, Sheik Tigh and Hadjji Abdullah came 

 in to ask the news, and to hear about the success of 

 my journey to Angolahlah. Miriam, by dint of a 

 great deal of purring at a little stick fire, before 

 which she knelt, managed at length, to prepare 

 some coffee. My pipe was filled, and Walderheros, 

 who in the mean time had come in, was sent to 



