 | David Laing Purves - Discoveries in geography - 1874 - 856 pages
...circle composed by the numerous spectators, the area of which was to be the scene of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the uppor end open... | |
 | James Cook - Explorers - 1880 - 538 pages
...of dances began. As a prelude to them, a band of music or chorus of eighteen men seated themselves before us in the centre of the circle. Four or five...had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, the upper end open, but the other end closed by one of the joints. With this closed... | |
 | James Cook - Australia - 1999 - 494 pages
...of dances began. As a prelude to them, a band of music, or chorus of eighteen men, seated themselves before us in the centre of the circle. Four or five...had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long; the upper end open, but the other end closed by one of the joints. With this closed... | |
 | Mervyn McLean - Music - 1999 - 562 pages
...dance performance accompanied by a chorus of 18 men who sat in the centre of a circle of spectators: Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long [1.2-1.8 m],each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper... | |
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... of the exhibitions. Four or five of this band had pieces of large bamboo, from three to five or six feet long, each managed by one man, who held it nearly in a vertical position, the upper end open, but the other end closed by one of the joints. 
