170 GRAND CAIRO. 
a constant repetition of the same syllable, i7, or 
al; uttered in this manner, jilalalalalalalalal, 
with the utmost rapidity, and without interrup- 
tion or pause of any kind. The person who is 
able to continue this kind of scream for the 
longest time, without drawing breath, is sup- 
posed to be the best performer. The same sort 
of singing is practised by i\ie. Almehs at funerals, 
with this difference: the jilleluia, or cry of joy, 
consists in a repetition of the syllable al; and 
that which is used to denote grief, is formed by 
a similar repetition of the syllable ul, or e/, 
constituting the long protracted elelelelelii, or 
ululation\ The tone of voice continues the 
same through both of these : the Alleluia, and 
the Ululation: but there seemed to be this 
distinction in the manner of delivering the 
sounds ; that in the former, it was a tremulous 
note ascending; in the latter, the same note 
descending in continual cadences. However, it 
is exceedingly difficult, as perhaps the reader 
has already perceived, to convey, or to obtain, 
ideas of musical sounds by means of a mere 
verbal description. 
(1) In the Prometheus F'inctus ol jEschylus, lo utters this cry of 
lamentation, 'EXiXiXiUXtZ, which the Scholiast denominates Qfiiuhs 
Wi'phyi/.a.. See Pauw's^schj/lus, to7n.l. ;». 88, 877. Hag. Com. IT 45. 
Stanley, Blomfield, Sfc. 
