CHAPTER VIII. 



The Developing of Communication. 



/"COMMUNICATION is the most necessary part of 

 ^^ human society and without it organized human society 

 could not exist. The earliest efforts at communication were, 

 doubtless, outgrowths of the herd instinct. All animals 

 have some form of communication which is not only under- 

 stood by all members of the pack, herd or flock, but also by 

 other species that are living under the same or similar sur- 

 roundings. The danger signals of one are apparently under- 

 stood by all. The snort of a deer denotes the scent of a 

 common enemy. The warning call of the elephant silences 

 all the animals of the jungle and informs them of the 

 approach of danger. The sudden flight of the tick birds 

 prepares the rhinoceros for instant battle. These are 

 instinctive impulses that experience has taught must be 

 obeyed as a matter of self preservation. 



Man has Inherited and still obeys the instinctive 

 Impulses of his primitive ancestors and it is only reasonable 

 to suppose that before the development of articulate speech, 

 and the power of reason, he followed the urge of instinctive 

 protection as a means of self preservation. It is largely a 

 matter of conjecture and speculation as to the warning sig- 

 nals used by man before articulate speech was developed, 

 but basing our observation on the Instinctive Impulses of the 

 lower animals and of man and examining the development 



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