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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
84
CHAPTER
XII.
Atelles
or
Spider
Monkeys--The
Common
Macaque--Java
Monkeys,
and
what
they
say--A
Happy
Family.
I
have
caught
one
sound
from
the
spider
monkey
by
which
I
have
been
able
to
attract
the
attention
of
others
of
the
same
species,
but
I
am
as
yet
uncertain
about
its
meaning.
I
do
not
believe
that
it
has
any
reference
to
food;
but
I
think
perhaps
it
is
a
term
of
friendship,
or
a
sound
of
endearment.
One
reason
for
this
belief
is,
that
I
have
heard
it
used
on
several
occasions
when
a
monkey
of
this
kind
would
see
its
image
in
a
mirror.
I
have
used
the
sound
in
Washington,
Philadelphia,
and
Atlanta,
and
induced
the
monkey
addressed
to
respond
to
it
and
come
to
me.
I
almost
concluded
at
one
time
that
this
species
was
nearly
dumb,
until
I
saw
one
enraged
by
a
green
monkey
that
occupied
an
adjoining
cage.
On
this
occasion
she
raised
her
voice
to
an
extremely
high
pitch,
and
uttered
a
sound
having
great
volume
and
significance.
This
she
repeated
several
times,
and
it
was
the
first
time
I
had
ever
seen
a
spider
monkey
show
any
sign
of
resentment.
On
another
occasion,
where
this
same
specimen
saw
a
brilliant
peacock
near
the
window
by
her
cage,
the
sounds
which
she
made
at
that
strange
object
were
loud,
clear,
and
varied.
I
have
read
with
surprise
an
account
of
a
spider
monkey
which
Dr.
Gardner
had
with
him
in
his
travels
through
South
America.
He
describes
it
as
the
most
intelligent
of
all
monkeys,
but
I
cannot
believe
that
his
experience
with
monkeys
was
sufficient
to
rank
him
as
an
authority
on
that
subject.
I
do
not
pretend,
however,
to
know
all
that
there
is
to
be
known
concerning
this
species,
but
so
far
as
my
study
of
them
goes
they
scarcely
laugh,
cry,
or
show
any
sign
of
emotion.
They
do
not
usually
resent
anything;
thus
they
are
harmless
and
timid.
Their
long,
lean,
half-clad
limbs
look
like
the
ghost
of
poverty,
and
their
slow,
cautious
movements
like
decrepitude
begging
alms.
They
would
be
objects
of
pity
if
they
only
had
sense
enough
to
know
how
Nature
has
slighted
them.
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