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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
19
About
the
same
time
I
paid
a
few
visits
to
another
little
monkey
of
the
same
species,
named
"Jennie."
Her
master
had
warned
me
in
advance
that
she
was
not
well
disposed
towards
strangers.
At
my
request,
he
had
her
chained
in
a
small
side
yard
which
he
forbade
any
of
the
family
entering.
When
I
approached
the
little
lady
for
the
first
time,
I
gave
her
the
usual
salutation,
which
she
responded
to,
and
seemed
to
understand.
I
unceremoniously
sat
down
by
her
side
and
fed
her
from
my
hands.
She
eyed
me
with
evident
interest
and
curiosity,
while
I
studied
her
every
act
and
expression.
During
the
process
of
this
mutual
investigation,
a
negro
girl
who
lived
with
the
family,
overcome
by
curiosity,
stealthily
came
into
the
yard
and
came
up
within
a
few
feet
of
us.
I
determined
to
sacrifice
this
girl
upon
the
altar
of
science,
so
I
arose
and
placed
her
between
the
monkey
and
myself,
and
vigorously
sounded
the
alarm
or
menace.
"Jennie"
flew
into
a
fury,
while
I
continued
to
sound
the
alarm
and
at
the
same
time
pretended
to
attack
the
girl
with
a
club
and
some
paper
wads,
thus
causing
the
monkey
to
believe
that
the
girl
had
uttered
the
alarm
and
made
the
assault.
I
then
drove
the
girl
from
the
yard
with
a
great
show
of
violence,
and
for
days
afterwards
she
could
not
feed
or
approach
the
little
Simian.
This
confirmed
my
opinion
of
the
meaning
of
the
sound,
which
can
be
fairly
imitated
by
placing
the
back
of
the
hand
gently
on
the
mouth
and
kissing
it
with
great
force,
prolonging
the
sound
for
some
seconds.
This
imitation,
however,
is
indifferent,
and
its
quality
is
especially
noticeable
when
analysed
on
the
phonograph.
The
pitch
corresponds
to
the
highest
"F"
sharp
on
the
piano,
while
the
word
"food"
is
four
octaves
lower
and
the
word
"drink"
three.
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