CHAPTER XIII. IN THE LAND OF CHINA—THE OUTSPREAD PHŒNIX 155 CHAPTER XIV. THE MONGOLS NEW HOME—THE MYTHICAL FINDING OF THE LÜS 165 CHAPTER XV. IN THE FLOWERY KINGDOM—THE BIRD’S NEST 180 CHAPTER XVI. BY THE YELLOW RIVER—THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHENG 192 CHAPTER XVII. IN THE LAND OF SIAM—THE SIAMESE “PHAN” 208 CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE LAND OF JAPAN—JAPANESE PITCH PIPES AND THE JAPANESE CLARIONET AND THE SHO 212 CHAPTER XIX. IN ANCIENT CHINA—CEREMONIAL INSTRUMENTS 228 CHAPTER XX. IN ANCIENT CHINA—THE FLUTES OF THE CHINESE 236 CHAPTER XXI. IN ANCIENT CHINA—THE FAVOURITE OF CONFUCIUS 250 CHAPTER XXII. IN ANCIENT CHINA—THE TRUMPETS OF THE CHINESE 264 CHAPTER XXIII. THE MUSIC HEARD IN FAR CATHAY—THE OLDEST WRITTEN MUSIC 274 CHAPTER XXIV. EVOLUTION OF THE LYRE, HARP, AND LUTE—THE BOW WITH THE BOAT 285 CHAPTER XXV. THE CHOICE OF THE GREEKS—THE DELPHIC LYRE 306 CHAPTER XXVI. HOW THE MUSIC GREW—IN THE DAYS OF A THOUSAND YEARS 326 CHAPTER XXVII. AT ALEXANDRIA—THE FINAL SETTLEMENT OF THE SCALE 342 INDEX 343 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. Apollo with his Lyre, by Praxiteles _Frontispiece._ Cane Harp from Borneo, with Tambourine Bells _Facing page 304._ FIGURE. PAGE. 1 Queen Hatasu’s Three Stringed Egyptian Lyre 13 2 Ancient Greek Players on Flute, and Pan’s Pipes 16 3 Ancient Peruvian Stone Syrinx 17 4 Peruvian Pan’s Pipes, Double Set from a Tomb in Arica 18 5 Pair of Gingroi Flutes found in Lady Maket’s Tomb 31 6 The Egyptian Arghool Reed, Full Size 35 7 The Hautboy Reed, Full Size 35 8 Egyptian Player on the Double Pipes 44 9 Egyptian Player upon Unequal Pipes 45 10 Egyptian Musical Entertainment, from a Tomb-painting in the British Museum 46 11 The Arghool Reed Pipe with its Drone 56 12 The Egyptian Zummarah 57 13 Player on the Egyptian Seba or Sabi 58 14 Arab Player on the Nay Flute 59 15 Etruscan Player on the Pipes, with Phorbia 70 16 The Satyr Handling the Auloi or Greek Reed Flutes 74