THE HUMAN VOICE.
No sound, however loud, whether produced by a cannon or a fowlingpiece, causes the same amount of terror amongst wild animal s and wild birds as the human voice. It is well known that more grouse are sprung hy sportsmen speaking to their dogs, or to each other on the mountains, in the shooting season, than by any other cause ; and jt is a good rule only to use the whistle and signs to the dogs. If you go to a rabbit-burrow to ferret, jou may bang away all day with your gun, and the rabbits will still bolt, but once commence speaking and your sport is over. The ferret lies in, and the rabbits submit to certain death sooner than move towards your voice. Partriges are somewhat accustomed to the voices of farmers and labourers, so that, generally speaking, less caution is required in pursuit of them. Nothing proves th e power of man oyer the brute creation more than his voice. Even in the thickest jungles wild beasts will often skulk away if they hear him sneak.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 13 July 1925, Page 5
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