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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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So
far
I
have
found
no
trace
of
the
English
vowels
"a,"
"i,"
or
"o,"
unless
it
be
in
the
sound
emitted
under
stress
of
great
alarm
or
in
case
of
assault,
in
which
I
find
a
close
resemblance
to
the
vowel
"i,"
short
as
in
"it."
[Sidenote:
FIELD
OF
OPERATIONS
EXTENDED]
After
having
acquired
a
sound
or
two,
I
extended
my
field
of
operations
and
began
to
try
my
skill
as
a
Simian
linguist
on
every
specimen
with
which
I
came
in
contact.
In
Charleston,
a
gentleman
owns
a
fine
specimen
of
the
brown
Cebus
whose
name
is
Jokes.
He
is
naturally
shy
of
strangers,
but
on
my
first
visit
to
him
I
addressed
him
in
his
native
tongue,
and
he
really
seemed
to
regard
me
very
kindly;
he
would
eat
from
my
hand
and
allow
me
to
caress
him
through
the
bars
of
his
cage.
He
eyed
me
with
evident
curiosity,
but
invariably
responded
to
the
word
which
I
uttered
in
his
own
language.
On
my
third
visit
to
him
I
determined
to
try
the
effect
of
the
peculiar
sound
of
"alarm"
or
"assault"
which
I
had
learned
from
one
of
this
species;
but
I
cannot
very
well
represent
it
in
letters.
While
he
was
eating
from
my
hand,
I
gave
this
peculiar
piercing
note,
and
he
instantly
sprang
to
a
perch
in
the
top
of
his
cage,
thence
in
and
out
of
his
sleeping
apartment
with
great
speed,
and
almost
wild
with
fear.
[Sidenote:
HARSH
MEANS
RESORTED
TO]
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