FASCICULI MALATENSES 
7 
inches long* made from a quadrangular bar tapering to a point at either end, 
bent upon itself in the centre* so that the two ends come close together. The 
tongue of flat steel is clamped at its broad end into a notch in the frame, at 
the end where the frame is bent round, and projects in a flat flange beyond the 
frame. It is tapered towards its free end, where it is turned up at an angle. A 
small cylindrical case of bamboo serves for carrying the instrument. In playing, 
the terminal flange of the tongue is held in one hand, while the upturned free 
end is plucked with the fingers of the other hand, the jerking-string being in 
this way no longer necessary. A similar form to this occurs in Northern India, 
and the European form of jewVharp is probably derived from it. 
4 I was indebted for this specimen to the kindness of Mr. A. Steffen.’ 
B. Wind Instruments 
19. Trumpet. Siamese name, tat. Ban Kassot, Rhaman. 
Made of buffalo horn, cut down so as to leave a cupped embouchure , 
expanding towards the other end, which is wide open. The horn is strongly 
curved, and has two small perforated flanges for a suspending cord. 
‘Trumpets of the kind often have a magic square engraved on one side. 
They are used by village headmen in some parts of the Patani States, 
instead of the bamboo gongs (see No. 4), to call together the people. In 
the towns and larger villages of the * Seven Provinces * the Siamese police go 
round every night at nine p,m. blowing trumpets of the kind, and after the 
Fig- 3* 
trumpet has sounded no one may go out without carrying a light. The 
custom 1 has been recently introduced from the Dutch East Indies ■ whither it was 
probably brought from South Africa, in some parts of which it still prevails. 
20. Musical Windmill. Malay name, berbaling or baling (turnabout). 
Malay, Kampong Jarum, Rhaman. 
,, There is no reason to think that the Dutch brought the tmtrvmtnt to the East Indict; the similarity 
between the trumpets of the Zulus and those of tHe Malays is probably a mere coincidence, and in any case is not 
very close.—N,A. 
