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7o CHINESE MUSIC. No.' 42 .- The Tsu-icu (.g_ jt), also called }f!ffi lt (ying-lcii) is n. large drum, used at the Confucian ceremonies to correspond with the ying-kii. I t is placed on the west side of the "Moon Terrace," and is struck six times n,t the end of each verse, giving two beats in answer to each of the three beats of the ying-lcii. The tsu-lcu is not quite so _large as the ying-lcu, and it is supported horizontally by a pedestal which raises it about 4 feet from th e ground. For a long time this drum was out of use; but it reappeared again in the 13th year of Ca'IEN LUNG (A.D. I?48). No. 43--The Po-ju (fi 1W) is a small drum 1 -4 feet in length, and 7 inches in diameter The table on which it rests is I foot high. The poju is used only in religious ceremonies: At the Confucian temple there are two-one o~ the left, the other on the right side of the hall. In playing, the perfonner holds the drum on his kn~es and beats it with the hands. The poju gives three notes at the end of each ver~e answering to the two notes of the tsii-ku. The following are the three beats with the notat10n :- ~ Beat the dmm with the right hand. " " " " ,, left both hands. "