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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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I
have
found
the
word
in
the
dialect
of
the
white-faced
Cebus
which
corresponds
in
value
to
those
sounds
described
in
the
dialects
of
the
Capuchin
and
Rhesus
monkeys
meaning
food,
but
I
cannot
give
the
faintest
idea
of
the
sound
by
any
combination
of
letters,
nor
have
I
as
yet
devised
any
means
by
which
I
can
imitate
it.
I
recorded
this
sound
on
the
phonograph
more
than
a
year
ago,
but
only
within
the
last
few
months
have
been
able
to
tell
its
meaning.
[Sidenote:
SOUND
OF
DANGER]
Another
sound
which
is
made
by
this
species
to
express
apprehension
of
remote
danger,
such
as
an
approaching
footstep
or
some
unusual
sound,
I
have
also
learned.
It
is
very
much
the
same
phonetically
as
that
sound
which
he
utters
in
case
of
great
and
sudden
alarm,
but
uttered
with
much
less
energy.
It
resembles
slightly
the
alarm-sound
of
the
Capuchin,
but
up
to
this
time
I
have
not
been
able
to
make
a
good
record
of
it.
Another
sound
which
is
peculiar
to
this
species
I
think
is
used
as
a
kind
of
salutation
or
expression
of
friendship,
which
phonetically
is
quite
unlike
the
corresponding
sound
in
any
other
dialect
that
I
have
studied.
I
must
mention
Dolly
Varden,
who
belongs
to
this
species,
and
with
whom
I
was
at
one
time
on
very
warm
terms
of
friendship.
Dolly
was
very
fond
of
me,
and
would
laugh
and
play
with
me
by
the
hour.
Her
laughter
was
very
human-like,
except
that
it
was
silent,
and
in
all
our
play
during
the
lapse
of
some
weeks
she
never
uttered
a
sound,
not
even
so
much
as
a
growl,
although
I
tried
by
every
possible
means
to
induce
her
to
talk.
It
has
occurred
to
me
since
that
time
that
she
may
have
been
deaf
and
dumb,
but
I
did
not
think
of
testing
her
on
these
points
while
I
had
an
opportunity.
It
is
not
usual
for
monkeys
to
laugh
in
silence,
although
they
frequently
laugh
aloud
like
human
beings;
but
it
is
not
a
common
thing
for
them
to
remain
silent
at
all
times
and
under
all
conditions.
Dolly
was
good-natured,
playful,
and
always
showed
every
sign
of
pleasure
at
my
visits.
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