PLATE XLVIII.
A SITTARA, OR GUITTAR.
T g re a fo v â ri,e ty dfjsounds prçducéd-1 from thi^ins'trumên^are ail
-extremely Mtîàfad melodious“. ’i-Thé. musià'dftth&:Hllfdlost^has,'beeii
reprobated Europeans as. harsli“ ahdj dtscoi dànt;’■bûkpcrhâps*‘ tjie
;0my fâûît,it possesses is -want oft Harmonjf:' iïfc the; hands- bf?a skilful'
mùsifcianjlhe Sittara is said to bel capable'of tranquillizing' t-hd'inos t
boisterous disposition, to which purpose it has been'often applied, as
well as to soothe distress and affliction.
