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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
146
[Sidenote:
CONTOUR
OF
SOUNDS]
Among
other
respects
in
which
the
vocal
sounds
of
man
and
Simian
resemble
is
in
the
contour
of
the
sounds,
which
I
have
defined
elsewhere.
I
have
called
attention
to
the
fact
that
by
reversing
the
cylinder
of
the
phonograph
and
repeating
the
sound
recorded
thereon
that
a
musical
note
or
sound
would
repeat
alike
each
way.
Most
of
the
sounds
made
by
other
animals
do
this,
but
those
made
by
man
and
Simian
alike
show
modulation,
not,
however,
equally
distinct.
The
notes
of
birds
repeat
alike
both
ways
except
their
order
is
reversed.
Again,
to
magnify
the
sounds
as
I
have
shown
it
can
be
done,
allows
you
to
inspect
them,
as
it
were,
under
the
microscope,
and
this
examination
shows
the
contour
of
the
sounds
of
these
two
genera
to
resemble.
Dr.
Alexander
Melville
Bell
has
shown,
in
his
work
on
"Visible
Speech,"
that
the
organs
brought
into
use
in
the
production
and
modification
of
sounds
must
work
in
harmony
with
each
other;
hence
it
is
that
by
a
study
of
the
external
forms
of
the
mouth
the
movements
of
all
the
organs
used
in
making
any
sound
can
be
determined
with
such
certainty
that
deaf-mutes
can
be,
and
have
been,
successfully
taught
to
distinguish
these
sounds
by
the
eye
alone.
And
it
was
by
such
a
method
that
I
set
out
to
read
the
temple
inscriptions
from
the
ruins
of
Palenque,
some
years
ago,
at
which
time
I
had
not
heard
of
Dr.
Bell's
learned
and
excellent
work.
The
main
feature
of
those
glyphs,
by
which
I
was
guided,
was
the
outline
of
the
mouth,
which
the
artist
had
sought
to
preserve
and
emphasise
at
the
cost
of
every
other
feature,
and
by
this
process
I
found
to
my
satisfaction
some
ten
or
twelve
sounds
or
phonetic
elements
of
the
speech
used
by
these
people;
but
not
knowing
the
meaning
of
the
sounds
in
that
lost
tongue,
I
did
not
attempt
to
verify
them,
but
when
I
find
the
time
to
devote
to
them
I
believe
I
can
accomplish
that.
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