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MUSIC. 



The Wasawahili have all the African passion 

 for the dance and song : they may be said to 

 exist upon manioc and betel, palm-wine and 

 spirits, music and dancing. The Ngoma Khu, 

 or huge drum, a hollowed cocoa-stem bound with 

 leather braces, and thumped with fists, palms, 

 or large sticks, plays an important and complex 

 part in the business of life : it sounds when 

 a man falls sick, when he revives, or when he 

 dies ; at births and at marriages ; at funerals and 

 at festivals ; when a stranger arrives or departs ; 

 when a fight begins or ends, and generally when- 

 ever there is nothing else to do. It is accom- 

 panied by the ' Siwa,' a huge pipe of black wood 

 or ebony, and by the 6 Zumari,' a more handy 

 variety of the same instrument. On occasions 

 which justify full orchestras, an ' Upatu,' or brass 

 pan, is placed upon the ground in a wooden tray, 

 and is tapped with two bits of palm-frond. Some 

 wealthy men possess gongs, from which the 

 cudgel draws lugubrious sounds. The other 

 implements are 6 Tabl,' or tomtoms of gourd, 

 provided with goatskin; the Tambire, or Arab 

 Barbut, a kind of lute ; the Malagash ' Zeze,' a 

 Calabash-banjo, whose single string is scraped 

 with a bow ; and finally horns of the cow, of the 

 Addax, and the Oryx antelopes. These people are 



