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shape, but a few inches shorter, is the hunting-horn still 

 in use in England. The French hunting-horn was used 

 in England in the eighteenth century, but did not remain 

 long in fashion. 



HUNTING CRIES. We can see that the hunting 

 cries and the language used in speaking to the hounds 

 when hunting in the days of the " Master of Game " 

 were still those brought into Britain by the Normans, 

 and in most instances the words can actually still be 

 recognised as French. There are only a few ex- 

 amples given by him as to the manner a huntsman 

 should speak to his hounds in the stag-hunting chapters, 

 such as : — 



Ho rnoy^ ho moy^ hole^ hole^ hole : To encourage the 

 limer when drawing for a stag (p. 166). 



Cy va^ cy va^ cy va : To call the hounds when any 

 signs of the stag were seen (p. 167). 



Le douce mon amy^ le douce : " Softly, my friend, softly." 

 To the hounds when they were uncoupled near to where 

 the stag was supposed to be lying. 



Sto arere, so howe^ so howe : " Hark back," if the 

 hounds were on a wrong scent. 



Hoo sto, ho stOy mon a my y ho sto : To harriers drawing 

 for a stag. 



OyeZy à Beau??ionty oyeZy assemble à Beaumont : " Hark 

 to Beaumont, hark, get to him." To the hound of 

 that name who picks up the right line, and to bring 

 the other hounds to him. 



It is in the hare-hunting chapter that we have more 

 of the " fayre wordis of venery," and here, if the " Master 

 of Game " does not slavishly copy Twici, yet he employs 

 the same cries, with a slight difference only in ortho- 

 graphy. The " Boke of St. Albans " has also most of the 

 following : — 



Hoo arere : " Back there." When the hounds come 

 too hastily out of the kennel. 



So moun amy atreyt : Until they come into the field ; 



