ID THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



rifice this girl upon the altar of science ; so I 

 arose and placed her between the monkey and 

 myself and vigorously sounded the alarm or 

 menace. Jennie flew into a fury, while I con- 

 tinued to sound the alarm and at the same time 

 pretended to attack the girl with a club and some 

 paper wads, thus causing the monkey to believe 

 that the girl had uttered the alarm and made the 

 assault. I then drove the girl from the yard 

 with a great show of violence, and for days after- 

 ward she could not feed or approach the little 

 simian. This confirmed my opinion of the 

 meaning of the sound, which can be fairly imi- 

 tated by placing the back of the hand gently on 

 the mouth and kissing it with great force, pro- 

 longing the sound for some seconds. This imi- 

 tation, however, is indifferent, and its quality is 

 especially noticeable when analyzed on the pho- 

 nograph. The pitch corresponds to the highest 

 " F" sharp on the piano, while the word " drink" 

 is two octaves lower and the word " food" three. 

 On one occasion I visited the garden in Cin- 

 cinnati, and found in a cage a small Capuchin, 

 to whom I gave the name Banquo. It was near 

 night and the visitors had left the house, and 

 the little monkey, worried out by the day's an- 



