Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . FEEJEE CLOWN. now began a monotonous song on one note, the bass alternating withthe air; they then sound one of the common chords in the bass clef,without the alternation. Some of the performers clapped their handsto make a sharp sound; others beat sticks together; while a few hadjoints of large bamboo, two or three feet long, open at one end, whichthey struck on the open end, producing a sound similar to that of aweak-toned drum. Although it could not be called music, they. LAKE MBA AND SAVU-


Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition : during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 . FEEJEE CLOWN. now began a monotonous song on one note, the bass alternating withthe air; they then sound one of the common chords in the bass clef,without the alternation. Some of the performers clapped their handsto make a sharp sound; others beat sticks together; while a few hadjoints of large bamboo, two or three feet long, open at one end, whichthey struck on the open end, producing a sound similar to that of aweak-toned drum. Although it could not be called music, they. LAKE MBA AND SAVU-SAVU. 199 kept good time. The notes of the music were obtained, and are asfollows:


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