. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . gthe time by thumping the ground with theirknob-kerries, and bringing their elbows vio-lently against their ribs so as to expel thenotes from their lungs with double of tlie tunes which are sung bythe Kaffirs at their dances are here given,tlie music lieing taken from the Rev. work. The reader will at oncesee how boldly the time is marked in them,and how well they are adap
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . gthe time by thumping the ground with theirknob-kerries, and bringing their elbows vio-lently against their ribs so as to expel thenotes from their lungs with double of tlie tunes which are sung bythe Kaffirs at their dances are here given,tlie music lieing taken from the Rev. work. The reader will at oncesee how boldly the time is marked in them,and how well they are adapted for theirpurpose. Neither are they entirely desti-tute of tune, the last especially having awild and quaint sort of melody, which iscalculated to take a strong hold of the eai,and to haunt the memories of those whohave heard it sung as only Kaffirs can singit. Among some of the Bosjesman sort of harmony—or rather sustaineddiscord — is employed, as will be seen in asucceeding page, but the Zulus seem toexcel in unison songs, the force of whichcan he imagined by those who are familiarwith the grand old hymns and Gregoriantunes that have been suffered to lie so longin sijfg^^] m^M IV. tSIow. f W- :«E^EHE^ES=EE^^^E^EEi ?-zziz- T is but very slight, while his timing is perfec-tion itself. The songs of the Kaffir tribeshave already been mentioned, and the veryfact that several hundred men will sing tlievarious war songs as if they were animatedwith a single spirit shows that they mustall keep the most time. In this pointthey aid themselves by the violent gesturesin which they indulge. A Kaffir differsfrom an European vocalist in this point,namely, that he always, if possible, sitsdown when he sings. He and his coni]ian-ions will squat in a circle, sometimes threeor four rows deep, and will shout some well-kuown song at the top of tlieir voices, sway- Of course, the quality of a Kaffirs voice isnot that which would an Europeanvocalist. Like
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