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emitted by the slabs. 17. Have they drums with cords, or 
some other contrivance, by means of which the parchment can 
be tightened or slackened at pleasure ? 18. Have they drums 
with definite tones (like our kettle-drums) F and if so, what 
are the tones in which they are tuned when two or more 
played together ? 19. Any open hand-drums with one parch¬ 
ment only, like our tambourine ? 20. Are the drums beaten 
with sticks or with, the hands? 21. "What wind-instruments 
(trumpets, flutes, &c.) have they? 22. Any trumpets with 
sliding-tubes (like the trombone) P 23. How are the flutes 
sounded ? is there a plug in the mouth-hole ? 24. Any nose- 
flutes P 25. What is the number and the position of the finger- 
holes on the flutes ? 26. What tones do the flutes yield if the 
finger-holes are closed in regular succession upwards or down¬ 
wards ? 27. If the people have the syrinx (or Pandean pipe), 
ascertain the series of musical intervals yielded by the tubes. 
28. Do the people construct wind-instruments with a vibrating 
reed, or some similar contrivance, inserted in the mouth-hole ? 
29. If they have a reed wind-instrument, observe whether the 
reed is single (like that of the clarionet ) or double (like that of 
the oboe). 30. Have they a kind of bagpipe ? 31. What 
musical instruments have they which are not used by them in 
musical* performances, but merely for conveying signals and for 
such like purposes ? 32. Have they stringed instruments the 
strings of which are sounded by being twanged with the 
fingers ? 33. Any stringed instruments twanged with a plec¬ 
trum ? 34. Any stringed instruments beaten with sticks or 
hammers (like the dulcimer) ? 35. Any stringed instruments 
played with a bow? 36. If there are stringed instruments 
with frets on the neck (as is the case with our guitar), note 
down the intervals produced by the frets in regular succession. 
37. What are the substances of which the strings are made P 
38. Is there any particular contrivance on some of the instru¬ 
ments in the arrangement and situation of the strings ? 39. 
Are there stringed instruments with sympathetic strings (i. e. 
strings placed under those strings which are played upon : the 
sympathetic strings merely serve to increase the sonorousness) ? 
40. What are the musical intervals in which the stringed 
instruments are tuned ? 41. Do the people possess any musical 
instrument of a very peculiar construction ? if so, describe it 
minutely. 42. Give the name of each instrument in the lan¬ 
guage of the country. 43. Describe each instrument, and give 
illustrations if possible. 44. Give some account of the makers 
of musical instruments; of the woods, metals, hide, gut, hair, 
