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The Speech of Monkeys
·
R. L. Garner
98
Another
little
Macaque
makes
the
most
indescribable
faces,
and
works
her
lips
in
that
peculiar
fashion
which
I
have
elsewhere
described,
but
she
does
not
utter
one
sound.
She
merely
looks
in
silence,
and
never
tries
to
find
the
monkey
concealed
behind
the
glass.
[Sidenote:
THE
SPIDER
MONKEY]
The
spider
monkey
is
a
study
worthy
of
great
minds.
When
shown
her
image
in
the
glass,
she
takes
her
seat
on
the
floor,
crosses
her
legs,
and
fixes
herself
as
if
she
expected
to
spend
the
day
there.
She
will
then
look
into
the
glass
and
utter
a
low
sound,
and
begin
to
reach
out
her
long
arms
in
search
of
the
other
monkey.
It
is
surprising
to
see
how
she
will
adjust
her
reach
as
you
change
positions
with
the
glass.
Of
course,
as
you
remove
the
mirror
from
her
the
image
is
removed
accordingly,
and
she
extends
or
contracts
her
reach
to
suit
that
distance.
This
is
not,
however,
an
evidence
of
her
mathematical
skill,
since
to
her
mind
the
image
is
doubtless
a
real
thing,
and
she
is
governed
by
the
same
instinct
or
judgment
in
reaching
for
it
as
she
would
be
if
it
were
real.
More
than
any
other,
the
spider
monkey
seems
to
admire
herself
in
the
glass;
notwithstanding
she
is
about
the
homeliest
of
all
the
Simian
tribes,
yet
she
will
sit
for
hours
in
almost
perfect
silence,
and
gaze
upon
her
image.
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