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The Speech of Monkeys
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R. L. Garner
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[Sidenote:
DIFFERENCE
IN
PHONES
OF
GENERA]
From
the
many
sounds
that
I
have
analysed,
it
appears
to
me
that
there
is
a
difference
in
the
phones
of
all
different
genera,
and
that
the
phonetic
basis
of
human
speech
more
closely
resembles
that
of
the
Simian
than
any
other
sounds;
but
I
wish
to
be
understood
distinctly
not
to
offer
this
in
evidence
to
establish
any
physical,
mental,
or
phonetic
affinity
between
mankind
and
Simians.
I
merely
state
the
facts
from
which
all
theorists
may
deduce
their
own
conclusions.
CHAPTER
XIV.
Monkeys
and
the
Mirror--Some
of
their
Antics--Baby
Macaque
and
her
Papa--Some
other
Monkeys.
I
have
incidentally
mentioned
elsewhere
the
use
of
the
mirror
in
some
of
my
experiments,
but
I
have
not
described
in
detail
how
it
affected
various
monkeys.
Of
course,
it
does
not
always
affect
the
same
monkey
in
the
same
way
at
different
times,
nor
does
it
affect
all
monkeys
of
the
same
species
in
exactly
the
same
way,
and
therefore
I
cannot
deduce
a
rule
from
my
experiments
by
which
the
species
can
be
determined
by
its
conduct
before
the
glass.
[Sidenote:
PUCK
AND
NELLIE
WITH
MIRROR]
When
Puck
saw
himself
in
the
mirror
he
undoubtedly
mistook
the
image
for
another
monkey,
to
which
he
would
talk
more
freely
than
he
would
to
the
sounds
made
by
the
phonograph.
He
would
frequently
caress
the
image,
and
show
signs
of
friendship;
at
the
same
time
he
was
very
timid
and
retiring.
Nellie
would
chatter
to
herself
in
the
mirror,
and
seemed
never
to
tire
of
looking
at
that
beautiful
monkey
she
saw
there,
and
I
do
not
think
the
propensity
could
be
accounted
for
merely
by
her
sex.
I
do
not
think
she
ever
quite
understood
where
that
monkey
was
concealed,
and
the
scores
of
times
in
a
day
that
she
would
turn
the
glass
around
was
evidence
that
she
never
fully
despaired
of
finding
it.
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