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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
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I
have
no
idea
what
the
sound
meant,
and
my
opportunities
have
not
been
such
that
I
could
translate
it
with
the
remotest
degree
of
certainty.
[Sidenote:
STUDIES
IN
TROPICAL
AFRICA]
These
apes
will
be
one
of
the
chief
objects
of
my
studies
in
tropical
Africa,
as
I
believe
them
to
possess
a
higher
type
of
speech
even
than
the
gorilla.
In
this
opinion,
which
I
reached
from
the
study
of
other
sounds
and
the
types
of
skull
to
which
they
belonged,
I
am
not
alone:
Mr.
Paul
Du
Chaillu,
Mr.
E.
J.
Glave,
and
others
who
have
seen
both
of
these
apes
in
their
native
habitat,
agree
with
me
on
this
point.
I
am
aware
that
this
view
is
not
in
strict
accord
with
that
of
Professor
Huxley,
who
assigns
the
gorilla
the
highest
place
next
to
man
in
the
order
of
Nature,
and
the
chimpanzee
next
below
him.
I
shall
not
here
attempt
to
discuss
the
question
with
so
high
an
authority,
and
I
must
confess
that
the
vocal
index
is
not
yet
so
well
defined
that
it
may
be
relied
upon
in
classifying
apes.
One
aim
I
have
in
view
is
to
study
the
gorilla
and
chimpanzee
side
by
side
in
their
native
wilds,
and
to
record,
if
possible,
the
sounds
of
their
voices
in
a
wild
state.
From
the
study
of
the
sounds
I
have
made,
I
feel
confident
that
all
the
vocal
sounds
made
by
these
apes
may
be
uttered
by
the
human
vocal
organs.
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