Central Asia : Travels in Cashmere, Little Thibet And Central Asia
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First came an immense vessel of real Irish stew, very savory and good ; the principal vege- table it contained was a large kind of "gram," like yellow peas. The other dish was a large sweet ome- lette, with molasses, and both were enough to have fed twenty men. Afterward came a smaller bowl of whipped cream and eggs. " Xo sooner," he writes, " had 1 finished dinner than in came the band. The chief musician had a kind of harpsichord [dulcimer?], like a miniatnre piano without any keys, played wi...th a pointed instru- 180 TRAVELS IN CENTRAL ASIA ment in the right hand, while the left hand follows its motions, stopping the vibration of the wires. JSText to him sat a man with a long-necked guitar, called a ' citar,' played with a bow like a violoncello. It has nine strings, but only one is played upon, the rest being depressed below its level, and helping to swell the tone of the instrument. The third musi- cian blew upon a sort of slender fife, while the other three had tamborines, and also accompanied the mu- sic with their voices.
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