mbarked.

5. Hangings of a rich amber lined the apartment.

6. I acknowledge no superior, be he pope, king, or emperor.

7. Remember, gentlemen of the jury, the advanced age of the prisoner.

C. J. B.

[_Answers on page 75._]

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ANSWER TO PUZZLE ON PAGE 15.

1.--_Matriculation._

_I_ raised the _curtain_ and looked out. The _mail-train_ was about to
start. '_Alicia,' I_ cried, _trial_ and _toil_ lie before me. _Rail
not_, lady, at my shabby _coat; a nation's_ eyes follow me. _In_ this
_curt Latin_ letter my instructions are written; armed with _it I am a_
happy _man_.

THE MUSIC OF THE NATIONS.

II.--CURIOUS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIA.

[Illustration]

Most Anglo-Indians, after living many years in India, return to their
native country with the idea that the music of Hindostan consists of the
noisy twanging of stringed instruments, jangling of ankle bells, and
banging of drums. Very few have troubled themselves to consider the
important part played by music in the lives of the various nations
occupying the vast territories between the Himalayas and Cape Comorin.

Foreigners are treated by the natives to noisy performances because they
are thought to be lovers of harsh sounds, possibly owing to the
prominence of brass instruments in our military bands, the only European
music with which they are familiar. Moreover, we must take into account
that the scales and chords, which make the harmonies so pleasant to
Western ears, sound just as discordant to Eastern nations as their
musical combinations do to ourselves.

The Vedas, or sacred books of the Brahmins, give very strict directions
about the music of the various religious festivals. It is ordered to
consist almost always of soft, mild melodies, dying dreamily away,
accompanied by the gentle tinkling of cymbals. The Vedic chant, sung by
the priests, was written some three thousand years ago, and has still a
wonderful effect on the minds of educated Hindus.

[Illustration: The "Bin."]

In very early times the art of music was reduced to an elaborate system,
and the study of it seems to have been general until the first
Mohammedan invasion in the eleventh century. From this time the whole
country was a scene of war between rival princes, and amid fighting and
bloodshed for many centuries the peaceful arts had little chance of
flourishing.

[Illustration: The "Kimmori."]

Aurungzebe, the last great M