A native band, or Gamelang, was playing almost all the evening, and I had a good opportunity of seeing the instruments and musicians.

The former are chiefly gongs of various sizes, arranged in sets of from eight to twelve, on low wooden frames.
Each set is played by one performer with one or two drumsticks.

There are also some very large gongs, played singly or in pairs, and taking the place of our drums and kettledrums.

Other instruments are formed by broad metallic bars, supported on strings stretched across frames; and others again of strips of bamboo similarly placed and producing the highest notes.

Besides these there were a flute and a curious two-stringed violin, requiring in all twenty-four performers.