148 THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 



from lialloos. The human eye is supposed to have a 

 wonderful effect upon the brute creation. 



" It is said that a lion will turn and flee 

 From a maid in the pride of her purity." 



But I doubt whether the "human voice divine" is not 

 far more powerful in its operation. How often does the 

 partridge shooter inwardly consign the tongues of his 

 attendants to * * *, where they might want coohng ? 

 How many instances could I recount of foxes having 

 been rescued from the jaws of death, from the very 

 middle of the pack, by the tally-ho, here,— halloo, there, 

 which gets their heads up, and prevents their running, 

 infallibly, from a burning scent, into view of the devoted 

 carcase, within a very short distance of their noses. 



The view halloo (a something approaching to a 

 screaming intonation of " waugh," nearer than anything 

 I can write), cannot, I believe, be committed to paper ; 

 but the " tally-ho ! " the visible sign, or intelligence, of 

 the sight of a fox, has been the subject of ingenious 

 speculation as to the unde derivatur 9 Whether it has 

 its origin in the Norman taillis haut, " high coppice :" 

 or whether, as some assert with equal confidence, au 

 taillis, " to the coppice ; " or whether it is derived from 

 the plain Enghsh tail ho ! as a salute to that conspi- 

 cuous and distinguished part of the animal called the 

 brush, is a matter of no moment to the sportsman, 

 whatever it may be to the etymologist. My only object. 



