...Siamese differs from that of all barbarous tribes, in being played upon [//(] a different key— on [in] that, if I understand him right, which characterizes...Accordingly they have their different kinds of music, towhich they have recourse according as they wish to produce one or other of these effects. " Their...

...and melancholy as the latter is lively and playful. ' Its prmcipal character,' says Mr. Finlayson, ' is that of being soft, lively, sweet and cheerful, to a degree which seemed to us quite surprizing.' The envoy, having found that he was not likely to gain any thing from the Siamese, prepared...

...transition, no grating sharpness in their music. " Its principal character," says the late Mr Finlayson, " is that of being soft, lively, sweet, and cheerful,...quite surprising. They have arrived beyond the point pf being pleased with mere sound ; the musician aimed at far higher views, that of interesting the...