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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 
[chap. -- 
commonly rhythmical songs, which appear to me to have a strong 
resemblance to those we hear in Japan and China. A still 
greater resemblance I thought I observed in the dances of these 
peoples. Notti is a splendid yJra?’-player. After some pressing 
he played several of their songs with a feeling for which I had 
not given him credit. The auditors were numerous, and by their 
smiles and merry eyes one could see that they were transported 
by the sounds which Kotti knew how to call from the drum. 
Notti was also listened to in deep silence, with an admiration 
like that with which in a large room we listen to a distinguished 
pianist. I saw in the tent no other musical instrument than 
'' The day we arrived at Najtskaj we 
employed in viewing the neighbourhood 
of the village. We accordingly ascended 
a hill about thirty metres high to the 
south of the village in order to get a 
clear idea of the region. From the 
summit of the hill we had a view of the 
two lagoons west and east of Najtskaj. 
The western appeared, with the ex¬ 
ception of some earthy heights, to 
embrace the whole stretch of coast 
between Najtskaj,the hill at Yinretlen, 
and the mountains which are visible 
in the south from the Observatory. 
The lagoon east of Najtskaj is separated 
from the sea by a high rampart of sand, 
and extends about thirty kilometres into 
the interior, to the foot of the chain of 
hills which runs along there. To the east¬ 
ward the lagoon extends along the coast 
to the neighbourhood of Serdze Kamen. 
This cape was clearly seen and, according to an estimate which I 
do not think was far from the truth, was situated at a distance of 
from twenty-five to twenty-six kilometres from Najtskaj. It 
sinks terracewise towards the sea, and its sides are covered 
with stone pillars, like those we saw in the neighbourhood of Cape 
Great Baranoff. Serdze Kamen to the south is connected with 
mountain heights which are the higher the farther they are 
from the sea. Some of these have a conical form, others are 
table-shaped, reminding us of the Ambas of Abyssinia. Ten or 
twelve miles into the interior they appear to reach a height of 
six hundred to nine hundred metres. 
that just mentioned. 
CHURCH SHAMAN DRUM. 
One-eiglitli the natural size. 
