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the signal being taken up by the next watcher, and so on all round the island. 
In the Pa tan i States the end of the rounds at cock-fights was formerly 
announced by means of a kalah, but a Chinese metal gong is now more 
commonly employed. 1 
Such gongs of bamboo are common in the Asiatic region, the Malayan 
Islands, and parts of the South Pacific. 
5. Cow or Sheep Bell\ Malay name, keretok ; Siamese name, ki-tong. 
Ban Sai Kan, Nawngchik. 
Seed of tah or sugar palm ( Arenga saccharifera ) ; somewhat globular, the 
lower end cut off to leave a wide opening. Upper end perforated at three 
places, two holes being for a suspending cord of creeper, the ends of which are 
knotted through them, and a central one serving for the suspension of a 
clapper of palm wood. Height of bell, two and a half inches. 
6. Cattle or Elephant Bell. Ban Sai Kau, Nawngchik (PI. XX, Fig. 2). 
Made from a joint of stout bamboo, cut so as to leave a straight back 
projecting into a flange at each end, the flanges being perforated for the 
suspending cord. Sides pared down and flattened; opening below rectangular; 
ends closed by natural nodes. Clapper of bamboo suspended from a bamboo 
rod, which is fixed through holes in the ends of the bell and passes through a 
hole in the top of the clapper. Total length, eight and a quarter inches. 
7. Buffalo BelL Malay name, keretok-krebau . Kampong Jalor, Jalor 
(PL XX, Fig. 3). 
Similar precisely to the last, but made of solid wood instead of bamboo. 
Length, ten and a half inches. 
It is difficult to determine whether the wooden or the bamboo form is 
the earlier. Cattle bells of this form are common also in Burma. 
( This specimen was procured from a Malay, but it is difficult to be sure, 
with regard to any object procured in Jalor or Nawngchik, whether its 
original owner was a Malay or a Siamese, i.e* 9 a Mahommedan or a 
Buddhist. 1 
8. Drum. Malay. Kampong Jalor, Jalor (PL XX, Fig. 5). 
Body made from half a large cocoanut shell, six and a quarter inches 
across the opening, overlaid with membrane of raw hide, which is braced by 
a zigzag lacing of split cane to a cane ring passing round the cocoanut shell. 
One of the ‘ eyes 1 is perforated. Used as a plaything by a Malay child. 
Similar drums are occasionally used in theatrical performances. 
9. Drum , Malay. Kampong Jalor (PL XX, Fig. 4). 
Made from the neck and rim of a large earthenware vessel, the body of 
which has been broken away. The rim is overlaid with membrane ( ? stomach 
