he South
They beautify one another;
While it toward the sea
Is veiled--by changing clouds
Veiled toward the sea
Beautifying one another."

The emotional nature of savages varies greatly in different tribes.
The lives of some seem to be moved wholly through the emotions, while
others are stolid or dull. The variations in musical ability and
practice of savage and barbarous races are good evidence of this. Many
of the tribes in Africa have their rude musical instruments, and chant
their simple, monotonous music. The South Sea Islanders beat hollow
logs with clubs, marking time and creating melody by these notes. The
Dahomans use a reed fife, on which they play music of several notes.
In all primitive music, time is the chief element, and this is not
always kept with any degree of accuracy. The {133} chanting of war
songs, the moaning of the funeral dirge, or the sprightly singing with
the dance, shows the varied expression of the emotional nature.

No better illustration of the arts of pleasure may be observed than the
practices of the Zuni Indians and other Pueblo Indians of New Mexico.
The Zuni melodies are sung on various festival occasions. Some are
sacred melodies, used in worship; others are on the occasion of the
celebration of the rabbit hunt, the rain dances, and the corn dances.
Among the Pueblo Indians the cachina dance is for the purpose of
invoking bountiful rains and good harvests. In all of their feasts,
games, plays, and dances there are connected ceremonies of a religious
nature. Religion occupies a very strong position in the minds of the
people. Possessed of a superstitious nature, it was inevitable that
all the arts of pleasure should partake somewhat of the religious
ceremony. The song and the dance and the beating of the drums always
accompanied every festival.

_The Dance as a Means of Dramatic Expression_.--Among primitive peoples
the dance, poetry, and music were generally introduced together, and
were parts of one drama. As such it was a social institution, with the
religious, war, or play element fully represented. Most primitive
dances were conducted by men only. In the celebrated _Corroboree_ of
the Australians, men danced and the women formed the orchestra.[1]
This gymnastic dance was common to many tribes. The dances of the
Moros and Igorrotes at the St. Louis Exposition partook, in a similar
way, of the nature of the gymnastic dance. The war dances of the
pl