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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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Last
summer
I
stopped
at
a
small
town
in
Northern
Virginia.
A
young
man
at
the
same
hotel
had
two
setters
and
a
black-and-tan
terrier.
I
experimented
extensively
with
these
three
dogs
during
my
stay,
and
deduced
therefrom
some
conclusions
which
were
inevitable.
The
hotel
verandah
opened
on
the
street,
and
was
a
place
of
resort
for
gentlemen
of
leisure
about
town.
There
was
also
a
side
entrance
through
a
large
yard.
I
have
frequently
observed
the
dogs
lying
asleep
on
the
verandah,
when
the
owner
would
enter
the
side
yard
on
a
flagstone
walk,
often
in
the
midst
of
conversation
of
a
dozen
men.
The
terrier
would
recognise
the
footsteps
of
his
master,
would
utter
a
low
sound
and
spring
to
his
feet,
and
rush
at
once
in
the
direction
whence
he
heard
the
steps.
The
setters
invariably
seemed
to
know
what
it
meant,
would
raise
their
heads,
lash
their
tails
upon
the
floor,
showing
evident
signs
of
understanding
the
situation.
I
have
seen
this
terrier
recognise
the
steps
of
his
master
when
the
latter
was
accompanied
by
two
or
three
other
persons.
The
delicate
precision
of
his
hearing
was
marvellous,
and
in
no
instance,
so
far
as
I
observed,
was
he
deceived
in
the
approaching
footsteps.
I
cannot
believe
that
he
was
guided
by
the
sense
of
smell,
as
it
is
evident
that
the
setters,
whose
habits
of
hunting
have
developed
in
them
a
much
more
sensitive
olfactory
power,
would
naturally
have
been
the
first
to
have
detected
their
master's
approach,
and
yet
it
was
equally
evident
that
the
terrier's
ears
were
the
first
to
catch
the
sounds.
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