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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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I
know
a
little
dog
in
New
York
that
understands
the
same
sound
in
a
similar
way
and
for
similar
reasons.
She
also
recognises
the
name
of
the
lady
who
owns
the
black
dog.
A
family,
with
whom
I
am
on
close
terms
of
friendship,
owns
an
ugly
little
mongrel,
to
which
two
of
the
daughters
are
very
devoted.
They
have
reared
her
with
great
care,
and
lavished
upon
her
many
luxuries,
far
better
than
most
human
beings
enjoy.
The
young
ladies
declared
to
me
that
Eunice
(which
is
the
dog's
name)
could
understand
every
word
they
said
on
any
subject
that
she
had
been
accustomed
to
hear.
Mattie
would
say
to
her,
"Eunice,
go
tell
Miss
Kate
to
get
on
her
hat
and
let
us
go
take
a
walk."
The
little
dog
would
run
to
Miss
Kate's
room
and
bark
and
jump
until
the
young
lady
would
comply.
I
found
that
the
dog
associated
the
sounds
"hat"
and
"walk"
with
the
act
of
taking
a
stroll
in
the
company
of
the
young
ladies;
but
she
would
act
just
the
same
when
either
one
of
these
words
were
said
to
her
as
she
would
if
one
were
to
repeat
a
whole
canto
of
Milton;
and
I
think
the
young
ladies
have
never
quite
forgiven
me
for
trying
to
prove
to
them
that
Eunice
was
not
a
fine
English
scholar.
I
find,
by
means
of
many
experiments,
that
much
depends
upon
the
manner
of
delivering
these
sounds;
but
that
the
animal
is
largely
guided
by
the
sound
alone
is
proven
by
the
fact
that
some
dogs
understand
English,
others
French,
German,
or
some
other
language,
and
they
do
not
really
understand
unless
addressed
in
the
speech
with
which
they
are
familiar.
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