Many of their Songs, which are extremely numerous, contain 
very beautiful ideas ; the metre is difficult to describe ; there 
being no regular measure of verse; the chief object is to 
make the lines suit their tunes, which a musical gentleman 
described as reminding him of the Gregorian chants. 
They have songs on every subject, on love and war, as 
well as incantations, laments, and traditions, and no man 
would be esteemed an eloquent orator if he could not intro- 
duce quotations from them, containing allusions applicable 
to the subject on which he is speaking. In addition to 
these there are numerous nursery and boat songs. The 
deeds of their warriors are thus handed down. 
