| John Hawkesworth - 1773 - 444 Seiten
...confcquentiy but four notes, out of which they fcem hitherto to have formed but one tune ; to thefe flops they apply the fore finger of the left hand and the...form, folid at one end, and covered at the other with fhark's fkin : thefe they beat not with flicks, but their hands ; and they know how to tune two drums... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1774 - 606 Seiten
...confequently but four notes, out of which they feem hitherto to have formed but one tune ; to thefe ftopj they apply the fore finger of the left hand, and the...middle finger of the right. The drum is made of a hollowblock of wood, of a cylindrical form, folid at one end, and covered at the other with mark's... | |
| Frederic Hervey - 1779 - 704 Seiten
...about a foot long. Whilfl thefe inftruments are founding, others fing and keep time to them. Their drum is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical form, folid at the one end, and covered at the other with marks fldn, which are beaten with their hands inftead of... | |
| 1785 - 468 Seiten
...of which they feem hitherto to have formed but one tune; to thefe ftops they apply the fore-finger of the left hand and the middle finger of the right....form, folid at one end, and covered at the other with mark's fkin : thefe they beat noc with flicks, but their hands ; and they they know how to tune two... | |
| 1786 - 350 Seiten
...confequently but four notes, out of which they feern hitherto to have formed but one tune ; to thefe flops they apply the fore finger of the left hand and the...is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical form,folid at one end, and covtred at the other with ftark's Ikin ; »hefc they beat not with flicks,... | |
| 1786 - 326 Seiten
...hitherto to have formed but one tune; to thefe flops they apply the fore finger of the left hind ind the middle finger of the right. The drum is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrki! form,fond at one end, and covered at the other with lhark's fkin I thefc they beat not with... | |
| 1803 - 598 Seiten
...of which they seem hitherto to have formed but one tune ; to these stops they apply the fore-finger of the left hand, and the middle finger of the right....of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical form, solid at one end, and covered at the other with shark s skin : these they beat not with sticks, but... | |
| General history - 1814 - 798 Seiten
...formed but one tune ; to these stops they apply the fore-finger of the left hand and the middle-finger of the right. The drum is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical to, a skilful controversialist might be able to argue, why the Otalieitan practice ought to be esteemed... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 Seiten
...formed but one tune ; to these stops they apply the fore-finger of the left hand and the middle-finger of the right. The drum is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical to, a skilful controversialist might be able to argue, why the Otaheitan practice ought to be esteemed... | |
| Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 Seiten
...formed but one tune ; to these stops ihey apply the fore-finger of the left hand and the middle-finger of the right. The drum is made of a hollow block of wood, of a cylindrical to, a skilful controversialist might be able to argue, why the Otaheitan practice ought to be esteemed... | |
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