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of them would not be recognized as distinct by any one 

 who had not carefully observed the monkeys, for they are 

 often of the nature of an alteration in inflection, or accent, 

 rather than a different word. 



1. May be called a " General remark,'' and is the com- 

 monest expression ; used, seemingly, when a monkey is 

 at a loss what to do, or when his attention is attracted 

 by something, or when another monkey comes to him, 

 etc., etc. 



2. Recognition. — A slight modification of No. 1 was used 

 by Wee Man whenever he caught sight of my servant, 

 of whom he seemed particularly fond. Often I would 

 hear this expression and, looking out, would see the man 

 walking about a little way away, and so in time came to 

 know what this sound meant, for it was never used on 

 any other occasion. It may be expressed by " Wok." 



3. Eagerness. — Another modification of No. 1 indicated 

 eagerness ; as, for example, when the monkey saw some 

 one bringing a grasshopper which he particularly desired. 



4. Alarm was expressed by still another modification of 

 No. 1, and had two forms : 



(a) For a bird of prey overhead, very unmistakable 



and emphatic. 

 (6) For a thunderstorm, or a bush fire, which they 



dread very much. 



5. Excitement, as when a monkey sees a boy chasing 

 a fowl, or two boys in play chasing one another. This is 

 also derived from No. 1. I have heard one of the monkeys 

 repeatedly make this noise when he saw a fish eagle chasing 

 another away from its private fishing ground. He took 

 the greatest interest in the occurrence, watching the eagles 

 as they soared around, and being unable to restrain his 

 excitement when one swooped down on the other. 



6. Rage. — A quite unmistakable sound, possibly con- 

 nected with 5. 



