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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
75
The
word
"drink"
appears
to
be
more
fixed,
both
in
its
form
and
meaning.
I
have
not
yet
been
able
to
detect
any
difference
in
the
sound
whether
water,
milk,
or
other
liquids
be
desired;
but
this
is
quite
natural,
since
they
have
but
little
variety
in
the
things
they
drink.
[Sidenote:
SOUNDS
"WEATHER"
AND
"LOVE"]
The
sound
which
I
had
thought
meant
"weather,"
or
in
some
way
alluded
to
the
state
of
the
weather,
I
am
not
sure
how
far
that
may
be
relied
upon
as
a
separate
word.
It
was
so
closely
connected
to
the
speech
of
discontent
or
pain
when
made
by
little
Dago,
that
I
have
not
been
able
since
to
separate
the
sounds,
and
I
finally
abandoned
it
as
a
separate
word;
but
reviewing
my
work,
and
recalling
the
peculiar
conduct
of
this
monkey
and
the
conditions
attending
it,
I
believe
it
is
safe
to
say
that
he
had
in
mind
the
state
of
the
weather.
The
sound
which
I
have
translated
"love"
is
only
in
the
sense
of
firm
and
ardent
friendship.
The
expressions
of
love
between
sexes
I
have
not
been
able
as
yet
to
find
with
certainty.
A
few
sounds,
however,
made
under
certain
conditions,
I
have
reason
to
believe
bear
upon
this
subject,
but
I
am
not
yet
ready
to
announce
my
opinions
thereon.
The
"alarm"
sound,
as
I
have
translated
it,
has
been
described;
but
among
the
Capuchins
I
find
three
kindred
words,
quite
unlike
as
mere
sounds,
but
closely
allied
in
meaning.
The
one
just
mentioned
is
used
under
the
stress
of
great
fear,
or
in
case
of
assault.
It
is
a
shrill,
piercing
sound,
very
loud
and
very
high
in
pitch.
The
second
word,
"e-c-g-k,"
used
only
to
express
apprehension,
or
as
a
warning
of
the
approach
of
a
thing
they
fear
or
do
not
like;
and
the
last
of
these,
which
is
a
guttural
whisper,
is
used
merely
to
call
attention
to
the
approach
of
something
which
the
monkey
does
not
fear
or
dislike,
which
I
have
spelt
"c-h-i."
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