There is a celebrated air in Switzerland, called, _Rans des Vaches_,
which had such an extraordinary effect on the Swiss troops in the
French service, that they always fell into a deep melancholy when they
heard it. Louis XIV. therefore forbade it ever to be played in France,
under the pain of a severe penalty.
We are told also of a Scotch air (_Lochaber no more_) which had a
similar effect on the natives of Scotland.