irtBj tlic wind blows very strOR|f, 

 and the Mantras place tin ihe tupa 

 of thii highest irte^ in the foretu, 

 ioDf bun 3 boos with spHts oi differeni 

 iiie between the ktwis, ond ibc wind, 

 paBBlQg tliruugh these splits, produceft 

 iDUsicai BQutidB (if vanous tone, the 

 itronger the wind bloics and the 

 to tiger the bamboo^ llie loader 

 the rausk* At other tiincs they make 

 a kind of life, with sniatl pipes of bam- 

 boo, rebich they also place on the 

 topti of the tree^ in the s^tj'le of a 

 i^eather cock. The aoyndf* produced 

 by these instranienttf, heard far away, 

 crenie ip the aotil of the lonely travel- 

 ler SometbiDg mournful^ at the Eanric 

 timelhat they nnake him hupe to reach, 

 in the neigh boitr hood J a house tf^here 

 he CB.n quench hii tlinet and rest his 

 weary limbs ; othera make from the 

 young bambuo a sort of flute, little 

 different fro«i our owd, from which 

 they draw Bounds gay and joyous or 

 tender mxdi plaintive. The lavourite 

 hiBtrurueut amon^ the wonifen is a 

 sort of guitar called 7nfinH—\n prac- 

 ticed bands it gives forth sweet and 

 raried rau&ic. The violin or as the 

 Mantras call it Biola produces a mu- 

 sic which is not dii^pleaalng. The 

 Mantras like almost all other fiavagea 

 are glveu to strong drinks and not 

 an frequently imbibe more than they 

 can comfortably itand. A g:cod niauy 

 of them hare learned to smoke opiutm 



