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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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Another
sound
which
these
little
creatures
use
in
a
somewhat
similar
manner,
is
a
word
which
may
be
represented
by
the
letters
"c-h-i."
The
"c-h"
is
guttural
like
the
final
"ch"
in
German,
and
"i"
short
like
the
sound
of
"i"
in
hit.
This
sound
is
used
to
give
warning
of
the
approach
of
something
which
the
monkey
does
not
fear,
such
as
approaching
footsteps
or
the
sound
of
voices;
and
this
sound
Nellie
always
used
to
warn
my
wife
of
my
approach
when
I
was
coming
up
the
stairway.
The
rooms
which
I
occupied
while
I
kept
Nellie
were
located
on
the
second
floor,
and
the
dining-room
was
on
the
ground-floor;
and
hence
there
were
two
flights
of
stairs
between,
both
of
which
were
carpeted.
So
acute
was
her
sense
of
hearing,
that
she
would
detect
my
footsteps
on
the
lower
stairway,
and
warn
my
wife
of
my
approach.
She
manifested
no
interest,
as
a
rule,
in
the
sounds
made
by
other
persons
passing
up
and
down
the
stairway,
which
indicated
that
she
not
only
heard
the
sounds
of
my
footsteps
but
recognised
them.
The
first
intimation
she
would
give
of
my
coming
was
always
in
a
whisper.
She
would
first
make
the
sound
"c-h-i,"
and
then
she
would
stop
and
listen.
She
would
repeat
the
sound
and
listen
again,
and
as
I
would
approach
the
door
in
the
hall
she
would
lift
her
voice
to
its
natural
pitch,
and
utter
this
sound
three
or
four
times
in
quick
succession;
and
when
I
turned
the
door-knob
she
would
show
some
excitement,
and
when
I
entered
the
room
she
would
always
express
her
satisfaction
with
a
little
chuckle.
This
sound
she
did
not
use
except
to
announce
something
of
which
she
was
not
afraid,
but
when
she
apprehended
danger
from
the
cause
of
the
sound,
she
would
use
the
word
"e-c-g-k,"
and
when
greatly
alarmed
she
would
use
the
sound
which
I
have
described
in
the
former
chapter
as
that
of
intense
alarm
or
assault.
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