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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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He
traced
the
sounds,
however,
to
the
horn
from
which
they
came,
and,
failing
to
find
his
mate,
thrust
his
arm
into
the
horn
quite
up
to
his
shoulder,
then
withdrew
it,
and
peeped
into
it
again
and
again.
The
expressions
of
his
face
were
indeed
a
study.
I
then
secured
a
few
sounds
of
his
voice
and
delivered
them
to
the
female,
who
showed
some
signs
of
interest,
but
the
record
was
very
imperfect
and
her
manner
seemed
quite
indifferent.
In
this
experiment,
for
the
first
time
in
the
history
of
language,
was
the
Simian
speech
reduced
to
record;
and
while
the
results
were
not
fully
up
to
my
hopes,
they
served
to
inspire
me
to
further
efforts
to
find
the
fountain-head
from
which
flows
out
the
great
river
of
human
speech.
Having
satisfied
myself
that
each
one
recognised
the
sound
made
by
the
other
when
delivered
through
the
phonograph,
I
felt
rewarded
for
my
labour
and
assured
of
the
possibility
of
learning
the
language
of
monkeys.
The
faith
of
others
was
strengthened
also,
and
while
this
experiment
was
very
crude
and
imperfect,
it
served
to
convince
me
that
my
opinions
were
correct
as
to
the
speech
of
these
animals.
[Sidenote:
RECORDS
OF
SOUNDS]
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