CHAPTER XIV. 



HUNTING CRIES AND NOTES ON 

 THE HORN. 



The cries modernly used in Otter-hunting are not 

 very many, being practically confined to those used 

 by the huntsman, such as Try for him, %ood 

 hounds ; Wind him, my lads ; Yoi over, over, ov^.t 

 (to get hounds across a stream) ; Hark cry, hark ; 

 Hark back; Hark to Thunder (or some other re- 

 liable hound); Mark him, there; ThaVs him; Wind 

 him and full him out (when found); Hark f hallo; 

 Forward on; Co^p, come away, or Come away, co'p, 

 co'p (to call hounds to him) ; and, of course, Whoo, 

 whoop. The whippers-in should use only the 

 ordinary 'Ware riot. Have a care, Get on to him. 

 To him hack, and Hark f hallo as a rule. The 

 Field when they view an Otter will '' tally " him 

 by shouting Tally-ho. Formerly the cry was in 

 some parts Heu gaze, and in others To-ho, which 

 is reminiscent of the So-ho or See-ho of hare- 

 hunting, or may merely be an abbreviated form of 

 Tally-ho. Look out above, or Look out below. 



