(_Scene closes._) _Himalaya Mountains.--Enter a Nat._[99] _Nat._--"Now I am a Nat! When, and in what body was I before? Ah! looking with a Nat's eyes and understanding, I perceive I was a hermit in these wilds. My companion, Alakappa, is still here. I will seek my friend." (_Approaches a cave._) _Hermit._--"Who art thou that comest suddenly to my cell in the garb and appearance of a Nat, with the nine jewels in thy crown?" _Nat._--"O holy Hermit, of a good lineage, who ever livest in the forest, tell me all thou desirest, so that nought may remain unsaid!" _Hermit._--"O Nat, who by stupendous merit has reached the exalted abode! I have nothing particular to ask; but numerous elephants come around my cell and do great damage. Be pleased to forbid this for the future." _Nat._--"O holy Hermit! I will give thee a golden harp, and by the virtue of its sounds, and thy songs accompanying, elephants will come or go as thou commandest." From this passage it is evident that the Burmese ascribe to music a great power, and the same is also indicated in several other remarks occurring in the drama. It is, however, unnecessary here to give the entire drama, which the reader will find in the interesting book above alluded to.[100] Suffice it to notice the following passages from a subsequent scene. (_The young Prince Oodeinna enters. The Hermit presents him with the golden harp and teaches him a tune and song. The Prince retires to a tree, ascends it, and plays. The wild elephants of the forest come around him, and are obedient to his voice and harp, etc._--) Captain Yule remarks that "the comic stage-effects of the characters addressing the orchestra is very frequent," and there are several indications of the kind in the present drama. Take, for instance, the following:-- (_Scene in the solitary wilds of Himalaya_). _Enter an immense Bird._ BIRD (speaks).--"From the beginning of the world there have been numerous sorts of birds: cranes, ducks, crows, peacocks, and others. I am not of their sort. My power would extinguish them all. My home is amidst vast mountains and pathless forests, and ever and anon I descend from them. I will now go to the country of Kauthambi to seek for food. So now (_to the band_), as I am about to fly, strike up a victorious melody, O leader of the orchestra!" _The bird commences his flight, and, soaring aloft, says_:--