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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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I
may
here
add
that
there
is
a
great
difference
in
different
specimens,
and
their
tastes
vary
like
those
of
human
beings.
The
same
idea
is
much
clearer
to
some
monkeys
than
it
is
to
others,
and
a
choice
of
colours
much
more
definite;
but
I
think
that
all
of
them
assign
to
different
numbers
a
difference
of
value.
Some
are
talkative
and
others
taciturn.
I
think
I
may
state
with
safety
that
the
Cebus
is
the
most
intelligent
and
talkative
of
all
the
monkeys
I
have
known;
that
the
Old
World
monkeys,
as
a
group,
are
more
taciturn
and
less
intelligent
than
the
New
World
monkeys,
but
I
do
not
mean
to
include
the
anthropoid
apes
in
this
remark.
[Sidenote:
MUSICAL
RECORDS
ON
PHONOGRAPH]
As
a
test
of
their
taste
for
music
or
musical
sounds,
I
took
three
little
bells,
which
I
suspended
by
three
strings,
one
end
of
which
was
tied
to
a
button.
The
bells
were
all
alike,
except
that
from
two
of
them
I
had
removed
the
clappers.
I
dropped
the
bells
through
the
meshes
of
the
cage
about
a
foot
apart,
and
allowed
the
monkey
to
play
with
them.
I
soon
discovered
that
he
was
attracted
by
the
one
which
contained
the
clapper.
He
played
with
it,
and
soon
became
quite
absorbed
in
it.
I
attracted
his
attention
to
another
part
of
the
cage
with
some
food,
and
while
he
was
thus
diverted
I
changed
the
position
of
the
bells
by
withdrawing
and
dropping
them
through
other
meshes.
On
his
return
he
would
go
to
the
place
he
had
left,
and,
of
course,
get
a
bell
with
no
clapper
in
it.
He
would
drop
this
and
take
another,
until
he
found
the
one
with
the
clapper,
which
showed
clearly
that
the
sound
was
a
part
of
the
attraction.
I
have
repeated
to
monkeys
many
musical
records
on
the
phonograph,
but
frequently
they
show
no
sign
of
concern,
while
at
other
times
they
display
some
interest.
It
may
be,
however,
that
music,
as
we
understand
it,
is
somewhat
too
high
for
them.
Musical
sounds
seem
to
attract
and
afford
them
pleasure,
but
they
do
not
appreciate
melody
or
rhythm.
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