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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
SPECIFIC
TERMS]
Until
recently,
I
have
believed
that
their
sounds
were
so
limited
in
number
as
to
preclude
any
specific
terms
in
their
vocabulary;
but
now
I
am
inclined
to
modify
this
opinion
somewhat,
as
I
have
reason
to
believe
that
they
have
some
specific
terms--such
as
a
word
for
monkey,
another
word
for
fruit,
and
so
on.
They
do
not
specify,
perhaps,
the
various
kinds
of
monkeys;
but
monkeys
in
general,
in
contradistinction
to
birds
or
dogs.
Their
word
for
fruit
does
not
specify
the
kind,
but
only
means
fruit
in
a
collective
sense,
and
only
as
a
kind
of
food.
I
am
not
positive
as
yet
that
their
specific
terms
may
even
go
so
far
as
this,
but
I
infer
that
such
may
be
the
case
from
one
fact
which
I
have
observed
in
my
experience.
When
I
show
a
monkey
his
image
in
a
mirror,
he
utters
a
sound
on
seeing
it,
especially
if
he
has
been
kept
away
from
other
monkeys
for
a
long
time;
and
all
monkeys
of
the
same
species,
so
far
as
I
have
observed,
under
like
conditions
use
the
same
sound
and
address
it
in
the
same
way
to
the
image
in
the
glass.
In
a
few
instances
I
have
seen
strange
monkeys
brought
in
contact
with
each
other,
and
have
observed
that
they
use
this
same
sound
on
their
first
meeting.
The
sound
is
always
uttered
in
a
low,
soft
tone,
and
appears
to
have
the
value
of
a
salutation.
When
kept
in
a
cage
with
other
monkeys,
they
do
not
appear
to
salute
the
image
in
the
glass,
but
chatter
to
it,
and
show
less
surprise
at
seeing
it
than
in
cases
where
they
have
been
kept
alone
for
some
time.
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