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centim. apart. Four pairs of incised lines run round the flute, a 

 stop being situated between each pair ; it was evidently the 

 intention of the maker to decorate the flute like Xo. 559. Total 

 length 75 cm.; diam. 2'3 cm. 



Catalogue Xo. 561. Brooke Low collection. 



<?. (Fourth specimen from the right). 



Of the usual construction, the distal end obliquely truncate 

 and the edges curved. The stop on the under-side is 35 5 

 centim. from the proximal end, the ether three are about 5-5 

 centim. apart. The whole instrument, with the exception of a 

 band at each end, has been scraped down and stained with 

 dragon's blood, a dog's-tooth pattern has been cut in the proximal 

 unstained band. Total length 70 cm. : diam. 2-7 cm. 



Catalogue Xo. 562. Brooke Low collection. 



Class IV. 



Flageolets and Bird-Calls. With a directive duct built up 

 on the outside of the instrument. ( Plate III. fig. 8. and Plate 

 VIII, figs. 3-10). 



a. Flageolets. 



This class of flageolet or whistle is in use amongst the Sea- 

 Dyaks, the Land-Dyaks, the Muruts, and possibly some other 

 tribes. There are four distinct ways in which the directive 

 duct is formed : — 



A. — A curved slip of bamboo is tied on to the flageolet with 

 string or rattan, it occupies the space between the proximal end 

 of the instrument (which may be open or closed by the natural 

 septum) and the sound-hole (Plate VIII fig. 3). 



B. — The bamboo is not cut perfectly flush with the septum 

 but projects slightly proximad of it ; the portion of the instrument 

 between the proximal end and the sound-hole is shaved down 

 and one side is cut flat, over this shaved-down portion a ring of 

 bamboo is fitted. (Plate VIII figs. 4 and 5). 



C. — Similar to the preceding except that a loop of rattan is 

 fastened round the shaved-down portion (Plate VIII fig. 6). 



E. A Soc. No. 40, 1904. 



