202 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



bility. One day when it was very stormy and the rain was 

 dashing against the windows, Mr. Garner took a record of 

 a monkey who evidently suffered a great deal from the 

 cold and unpleasant weather and tried apparently to tell 

 his human friend, who was then on very good terms with 

 him, how very uncomfortable he felt. Whenever a hard 

 gust of wind and rain dashed against the windows, the 

 monkey would leave him, rush to the window, look out 

 and utter a distinct sound, doubtless addressed to the 

 gentleman before the cage, and then, returning near 

 him, would renew his plaintive speech with great earn- 

 estness. This he continued until another gust called 

 him to the window. Each time he went he used the 

 same sound, and sometimes stood an instant at the 

 window, turning his head toward Mr. Garner and repeat- 

 ing the sound. A fine record was secured of this con- 

 versation and laid aside for future reference. Some time 

 after, when the day was very fine, the weather most 

 pleasant and the monkey very cheerful, this record was 

 repeated to him from the phonograph. As soon as he 

 heard those parts of his speech which he had uttered at 

 the window, he, in nearly every instance, would go and 

 look out as if he wanted to ascertain what the phono- 

 graph told him. 



Now, after having proved that each sound uttered by a 

 monkey is a real word with a definite meaning, Mr. Gar- 

 ner went to work to classify his collection of talks. He 

 was sure, of course, that not too much was to be expect- 

 ed of a monkey — we cannot create what does not exist. 

 The expressions he uses, indicative of his wants or his 

 emotions, are but few. He has no ideas on the Mc- 

 Kinley Bill, or the Silver Question, or the Princeton and 

 Yale foot ball match. What he says may be equivalent 

 to such expressions as: "I am hungry," "I am 

 thirsty," " watch out, now," "I am frightened," "I 

 would tear you to pieces if I could." 



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