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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
EMOTIONS
OF
MAN
AND
SIMIAN]
The
uniform
expression
of
the
emotions
of
man
and
Simian
is
such
as
to
suggest
that,
if
thought
was
developed
from
emotion
and
speech
was
developed
from
thought,
that
the
expressions
of
emotion
were
the
rudiments
from
which
speech
is
developed.
A
striking
point
of
resemblance
between
human
speech
and
that
of
the
Simian
is
found
in
a
word
which
Nellie
used
to
warn
me
of
approaching
danger.
It
is
not
that
sound
which
I
have
elsewhere
described
as
the
alarm-sound,
and
which
is
used
only
in
case
of
imminent
and
awful
danger;
but
this
sound
is
used
in
case
of
remote
danger
or
in
announcing
something
unusual.
As
nearly
as
I
can
represent
the
sound
by
letters,
it
would
be
"e-c-g-k,"
and
with
this
word
I
have
been
warned
by
these
little
friends
many
times
since
I
first
heard
it
from
Nellie.
[Sidenote:
NELLIE'S
ACTIONS
ALMOST
HUMAN]
In
the
following
experiment
this
sound
was
used
with
great
effect.
Nellie's
cage
occupied
a
place
in
my
study
near
my
desk.
She
would
stay
awake
at
night
as
long
as
the
light
was
kept
burning,
and
as
I
have
always
kept
late
hours,
I
did
not
violate
the
rule
of
my
life
in
order
to
give
her
a
good
night's
rest.
About
two
o'clock
one
morning,
when
I
was
about
to
retire,
I
found
Nellie
wide
awake.
I
drew
my
chair
up
to
her
cage,
and
sat
watching
her
pranks
as
she
tried
to
entertain
me
with
bells
and
toys.
I
tied
a
long
thread
to
a
glove,
which
I
placed
in
a
corner
of
the
room
at
a
distance
of
several
feet
from
me,
but
without
letting
her
see
it.
I
held
one
end
of
the
string
in
my
hand,
I
drew
the
glove
obliquely
across
the
floor
towards
the
cage.
When
I
first
tightened
the
string,
which
I
had
drawn
across
one
knee
and
under
the
other,
the
glove
moved
very
slightly,
and
this
her
quick
eye
caught
at
the
very
first
motion.
Standing
almost
on
tip-toe,
her
mouth
half
open,
she
would
peep
cautiously
at
the
glove,
and
then
in
a
low
whisper
would
say
"e-c-g-k"!
And
every
second
or
so
would
repeat
it,
at
the
same
time
watching
me,
to
see
whether
I
was
aware
of
the
approach
of
this
goblin.
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