The Music of Hindostan c6.298

c6.298

1. The further we get from civilization the more limited the compass. In cities, seaports, and the like, the compass is anything up to, or even beyond, the octave. Among the *Gonds* and the west coast tribes it is not more than four or five notes; among the *Malayans* and the Travancore boatmen, and the *Toḍas*,¹ not more than three or four; among the remote *Kānikas* only two or three.²