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life and foul of this magnificent mufic* 
They ufually co^iclude with a general ball ; 
that is to fay, the ring is broken, and they 
all dance in confufion, as each choofes ; and 
upon this occafion they difplay all their 
flrength and agility. The moft expert 
dancers repeat, by way of defiance to one 
another, thofe dangerous leaps and mufical 
quivers of our grand academies, which ex- 
cite laughter as defervedly as the hoo boo of 
Africa. 
The inftruments which are moft efteemed 
on account of their excellence are th^ goura, 
the jomn-joum^ the rabouqu'm^ and the romelpot* 
The gotira is fliaped like the bow of a 
favage Hottentot ; it is of the fame fize ; and 
a firing made of inteftines, fixed to one of 
its extremities, is retained at the other by a 
knot in the barrel of a quill, which is flat- 
tened and cleft. This quill being difplayed, 
forms a very long ifofceles triangle, about 
two inches in length 5 and at the bafe of 
this triangle the hole is made that keeps the 
firing faft, the end of which, drawn back, is 
tied at the other end of the bow with a very 
thin thong of leather : this cord may be 
ftretched fo as to have a greater or lefs de^ 
gree 
