Tepid a men’te (It.)

In an even, unimpa ioned style. Teponaz’tli (Aztec.) A species of drum still used ‘by the aborigines of Central America and Mexico. It consists of a section of a log (left round in the ruder specimens, but carefully squared in the more artistic ones) in a horizontal position, from 2 to § feet long, hollowed out on the under side so as to leave the ends 3 or 4 inches thick and the top per (belly) a few lines through; in the lly 2 parallel incisions are made lengthwise, and connected by a shorter one cro wise, the 3 a uming the shape of the letter. The 2 tongues left between, when struck by the sticks, yield 2 different tones, at an interval— in various instr.s—of a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, or octave apart. It serves to mark the rhythm, and as an imperfect ba , in the aboriginal music. It is played with 2 sticks, the heads of which are covered with wool or an elastic gum.