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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
THE
GARDEN
IN
CINCINNATI]
On
one
occasion
I
visited
the
Garden
in
Cincinnati,
and
found
in
a
cage
a
small
Capuchin,
to
whom
I
gave
the
name
of
Banquo.
It
was
near
night
and
the
visitors
had
left
the
house,
and
the
little
monkey,
worried
out
by
the
day's
annoyance
from
visitors,
sat
quietly
in
the
back
of
his
cage
as
though
he
was
glad
another
day
was
done.
I
approached
the
cage
and
uttered
the
sound
which
I
have
described
and
translated
"drink."
My
first
effort
caught
his
attention
and
caused
him
to
turn
and
look
at
me.
He
then
arose
and
answered
me
with
the
same
word,
and
came
at
once
to
the
front
of
the
cage.
He
looked
at
me
as
if
in
doubt,
and
I
repeated
the
word.
He
responded
with
the
same
and
turned
to
a
small
pan
in
his
cage,
which
he
took
up
and
placed
near
the
door
through
which
the
keeper
usually
passed
his
food,
returned
to
me,
and
uttered
the
word
again.
I
asked
the
keeper
for
some
milk,
which
he
did
not
have,
but
brought
me
some
water
instead.
The
efforts
of
my
little
Simian
friend
to
secure
the
glass
were
very
earnest,
and
his
pleading
manner
and
tone
assured
me
of
his
extreme
thirst.
I
allowed
him
to
dip
his
hand
into
the
glass,
and
he
would
then
lick
the
water
from
his
fingers
and
reach
again.
I
kept
the
glass
out
of
reach
of
his
hand,
and
he
would
repeat
the
sound
earnestly
and
look
at
me
beseechingly,
as
if
to
say,
"Please
give
me
some
more."
I
was
thus
convinced
that
the
word
which
I
had
translated
"milk"
must
also
mean
"water,"
and
from
this
and
other
tests
I
at
last
determined
that
it
meant
"drink"
in
its
broad
sense,
and
possibly
"thirst."
It
evidently
expressed
his
desire
for
something
with
which
to
allay
his
thirst.
The
sound
is
very
difficult
to
imitate,
and
quite
impossible
to
write
exactly.
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