"34. Any stringed instruments beaten with sticks or hammers (like the dulcimer)?
"35. Any stringed instruments played with a bow?
"36. If there are stringed instruments with frets on the neck (as is the case with our guitar), note down the intervals produced by the frets in regular succession.
"37. What are the substances of which the strings are made?
"38. Is there any peculiar contrivance on some of the instruments in the arrangement and situation of the strings?
"39. Are there stringed instruments with sympathetic strings (i.e., strings placed under those strings which are played upon. The sympathetic strings merely serve to increase the sonorousness)?
"40. What are the musical intervals in which the stringed instruments are tuned?
"41. Do the people possess any musical instrument of a very peculiar construction? If so, describe it minutely.
"42. Give the name of each instrument in the language of the country.
"43. Describe each instrument, and give illustrations, if possible.