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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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Mr.
Wood,
of
Washington,
D.C.,
has
given
such
attention
to
the
sounds
of
birds
that
he
can
interpret
and
imitate
nearly
all
the
sounds
made
by
domestic
birds,
and
many
of
those
made
by
wild
birds.
He
has
twice
confused
and
arrested
the
flight
of
an
army
of
crows
by
imitating
the
calls
of
their
leader.
His
feats
have
been
witnessed
with
astonishment
by
many
men
of
science.
[Sidenote:
SOUNDS
OF
FISHES]
Among
fishes
I
have
found
but
few
sounds,
and
most
of
these
I
have
never
heard
except
when
the
fish
was
taken
out
of
the
water.
The
carp
and
high-fin,
however,
I
have
frequently
heard
while
in
the
water.
It
has
occurred
to
me
that
the
sound
is
not
the
medium
of
communication,
but
it
is
the
result
of
an
action
by
which
they
do
communicate
even
when
the
sound
is
not
audible.
I
have
observed
while
holding
the
fish
in
my
hand
when
he
makes
this
sound
that
it
produces
a
jarring
sensation
which
is
very
perceptible.
It
is
quite
possible
that
in
his
natural
element
these
powerful
vibrations
are
imparted
to
the
surrounding
water,
and
through
it
communicated
to
another
fish,
who
feels
it
in
his
sensitive
body
instead
of
hearing
it
as
sound.
It
may
be
accompanied
by
the
sound
merely
resulting
from
the
force
applied,
but
not
in
itself
constituting
any
part
of
the
means
of
communication.
It
is
not
unlike
what
we
call
sound,
in
the
fact
that
it
is
generated
in
the
same
way,
transmitted
in
the
same
way,
and
received
in
the
same
way
as
sound.
When
I
have
time
and
opportunity
I
shall
carry
my
studies
of
the
language
of
fishes
much
farther.
Their
means
of
communication
are
very
contracted,
but
it
is
superfluous
for
me
to
say
that
they
have
such
means.
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