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The Early English

turies. At length this was accomplished. Among the Cicilian antiquities discovered in Syria, and recently brought to this country by Mr. W. B. Barker, is the portion of a figure playing upon a musical instrument of singular curiosity and interest.[1] This instrument, of which I have here a drawing, forms a connecting link between the pipes of Pan and the organ.

A connecting link between the pipes of Pan and the organ
A connecting link between the pipes of Pan and the organ
  1. "Lares and Penate: or Cicilia, and its Governors." By William Burckhardt Barker, M.R.A.S., 8vo, 1853. This interesting volume contains, in addition to the monument mentioned in the text, the representation of a youth playing the syrinx, or Pandean organ. The pipes are more numerous, and those in the bass