...of his notation of the songs, two of which I shall insert here, cannot be implicit, since he says, " I must also, in justice to myself, add, that the singer...effect being to an European ear very monotonous."* Mr. Davies has employed various signs of his own invention to distinguish the different intervals ;...

...neither will I pledge myself not to have written a chromatic for an enharmonic interval, or vice versA. I must also, in justice to myself, add, that the singer...approved of by competent judges ; and that the New Zealander himself said, " he should soon make a singer of me." I may also add that I have studied the...

...is little reason to believe the popular notion to be true. Indeed, Davies's own observation that his singer 'did not always repeat the musical phrase with precisely the same modulation'7 indicates the exact opposite. Nor, as Davies supposed, was it proof of quarter tones that...

...intervals of the Chinese kin, I have endeavoured to give an idea of those airs of New Zealand \diiclil heard, yet so difficult is it to discover the exact...approved of by competent judges, and that the New Zealander himself said, ' he should soon make a singer of me." "* Mr. Davies has also, in his letter,...