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If urged with a ftronger breath, it will give o6taves above 
thefe ; but it then becomes ill in tune : and I underftood 
from Mr. Banks, the natives of Otaheite ufe no more 
than thofe firil four founds. Were I to give thefe notes 
denominations according to our fyftem of mufic, they 
flioiild be diltinguifhed thus, 
<u 
> 
d 
e 
<u 
o 
S ^ 
11 
1 1 
a— 
X 
/ 
Cj 
1 1 
IQ 
Notwithftanding the fmall extent of this feries, yet, by 
the aid of varying the meafure, it is capable of feveral 
different melodies, though the general call of them will 
be melancholy. As for example, 
Thefe two fpecimens of melody, 
adapted to the nofe-fiute, are, harmonically, the lame, 
VoL. LXV. h though 
