Mr. McGregor gives the following specimens of Arabian Music.⁠—See his “Eastern Music.” + 

Which I represent thus:⁠— + 

or thus, perhaps clearer:⁠— + 

The run at the end is also met with in the New Zealand songs. The cadence is mixed, i.e. enharmonic and diatonic. + 

The Chinese Air sung under my window in London:⁠— + 

This last bar would perhaps be better written⁠— + 

but I have avoided as much as possible or , as being so very unusual, and it is evident to the musician that D three-quarters sharp is equal to E quarter flat, at least sufficiently near in practice. + 