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kumanika's band of musicians. 
flageolet, lias a slit at tlie top, and six finger-holes. As 
the Waganda walk smartly along the road, with a light 
load on their heads, they often while away the time 
with this rude instrument, out of which some of them 
bring soft, sweet, flute-like music. The bugle they 
have is shaped like a telescope, and is made of several 
pieces of gourd fitting into each other, and covered 
with cow-skin. It is 12 inches long. An expert 
performer on this bugle can produce a whole chord, 
which is varied by the thumb acting as a key. 
Drums are of different shapes, according as they are 
beaten by the hand or by a stick. The drum made 
for the hand is a 4 -feet-long log, hollowed out in the 
shape of an inverted dice-box, open at the lower end, 
and covered at the top, which is 1 foot across, with 
the skin of an ichneumon. It is slung from the left 
shoulder, and played by tapping and stopping with 
the fingers. The thirty-three drums seen ranged in 
line at the ceremony after new-moon were of every 
possible shape, except round, which they all tried to 
be. They were trunks of trees hollowed out, and 
covered over with skin. Two copper kettle-drums had 
found their way into the collection. The sultan had 
an excellent band, of its kind, composed of 16 men, 
who performed several tunes before us. The instru- 
ments were 14 bugles and 2 hand-drums. Three 
ranks, the drummers in the rear, formed in front of 
us, and played, with great spirit and precision, bugle 
music in waltz and march time. While " trooping " 
they advanced, swaying their bodies very gracefully to 
the music ; and as they neared us all halted except 
the bandmaster, who, as he played, being an active, 
well-made little man, advanced to our feet, kneeling 
