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Show 11.0 Hilii! tell. (IrlhiriJ I.lloln lliocountrj, eseclal)y luour Houlhcrn country, wl eru peul.i lived lar nilt and weiu em Inyed ulleullmcs nt a considerable itlstmiee from one another, und from thu houses or homea In which they ntu and ato t, tended, I y extriieu lu (ommuulootli 1; with onu nnolher, to ilrongtheu and Improve their voices for lifgli and prolonged notes. A wldir unto lu thu vocal sound! was ronstniitiy ollbrded and irtuueutly rttjulred, Thu voleea ut women, as well as of mm, weru often used for"Jong dls-Uueo dls-Uueo inlli." It may bo iiiiiuslug to nolo tho ellllcronce In Intonalluii which was usually exhibited by the Mites. Win 11 a man I1111I occasion to euiunion 11 nj one from a longdistance tho rn-longed rn-longed tone w ns placed on the first note, the 0011 hails 011 the second, thus, "()-li, J 1I111!" Ifn femulu culled, the prolonged tonnnnd thu emphasis were both 1 laced on llio bit uute, thus, "You John. n jl" Hollowing, itcrrnmlng, yelling for one 1 ersuti or auothvr, tu their di gs, or at wiinu ot the tattle on the plantation, with thoacoomiuujlnir revert emtlons from lilllmis, OMr valley anil plain, were fumlllar sounda throughout the fnrniliift districts of the Houth In the days gone by. It used to be wild of my lather's old negro fore 011111 thathuinuld Imdlotlnctlyiiulerktoudnmlliioriuoro away. Hunting, which was unjojod and Inuulged In morn or less by neatly everj clllian In the Houlh, was also conduulvo lo llila chnractcrlstlo development |
