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whistle^ made from a small antelope^s liorn^ and capable of pro- 
ducing three to four notes^ was played merrily^ and some few tiny 
airs^ resembled much our Celtic music. On the other hand^ the 
drum or tom-tom was for a time beaten with violence ; but after- 
wards something more fitting the occasion followed : beaten with 
all the might of the performer^ the sound gradually diminished 
until scarcely audible^ when a short pause would ensue_, and again 
the same strain would be performed^, varied only occasionally by a 
martial kind of battle sound. The grave had been commenced 
as soon as life had become extinct^ but with daylight the labour 
ceased. At earliest dawn the dismal wailings^ with their instru- 
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mental accompaniments^ recommenced after an intermission of 
two short hours^ and the close vicinity to our tent of these un- 
earthly sounds caused us/ as may be imagined^ much discomfort. 
The sun had scarcely risen^ when people in long fileS;, following 
each other, as geese are sometimes wont, along the narrow path- 
ways from various directions, joined in the general wail, and at 
nine a.m. the concourse of both sexes numbered not far short of a 
thousand. The grave, within the village, and situated between our 
