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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
22
[Sidenote:
BROWN
CAPUCHINS]
In
the
fall
of
1891,
I
visited
New
York
for
the
purpose
of
experimenting
with
the
monkeys
in
Central
Park.
Early
one
morning
I
repaired
to
the
monkey-house,
and
for
the
first
time
approached
a
cage
containing
five
brown
Capuchins,
whom
I
saluted
with
the
word
which
I
have
translated
"food,"
and
which
seems
to
be
an
"open-sesame"
to
the
hearts
of
all
monkeys
of
this
species.
On
delivering
this
word,
one
of
them
responded
promptly
and
came
to
the
front
of
the
cage.
I
repeated
it
two
or
three
times
and
the
remaining
four
came
to
the
front,
and
as
I
thrust
my
fingers
through
the
bars
of
the
cage,
they
took
hold
of
them
and
began
playing
with
great
familiarity
and
apparent
pleasure.
They
seemed
to
recognise
the
sound,
and
to
realise
that
it
had
been
delivered
to
them
by
myself.
Whether
they
regarded
me
as
a
great
ape,
monkey,
or
some
other
kind
of
animal
speaking
their
tongue,
I
do
not
know.
But
they
evidently
understood
the
sound,
though
up
to
this
time
I
had
shown
them
no
food
or
water.
A
little
later
I
secured
some
apples
and
carrots,
and
gave
them
in
small
bits
in
response
to
their
continual
requests
for
food,
and
this
further
confirmed
my
belief
that
I
had
translated
the
word
correctly.
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