Xll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



PAGE 



Dago Talks about the Weather. — Tells me of his Trou- 

 bles. — Dodo in the " Balcony Scene." — Her Portrait 

 by a Great Artist . . 49 



CHAPTER VII. 



Interpretation of Words. — Specific Words and Signs. — 

 The Negative Sign and Sounds. — Affirmative Expres- 

 sions. — Possible Origin of Negative and Positive 

 Signs, 57 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Meeting with Nellie. — Nellie was my Guest. — Her Speech 

 and Manners.— The Little Blind Girl.— One of 

 Nellie's Friends. — Her Sight and Hearing. — Her 

 Toys and how she Played with them, . . .68 



CHAPTER IX. 

 Nellie's Affections. — A Little Flirtation. — Some of my 



Personal Friends, 79 



CHAPTER X. 

 The Capuchin Vocabulary. — What I Have Found. — What 



I Foresee in it, 86 



CHAPTER XI. 

 The Word for Food in the Rhesus Dialect. — The Rhesus 

 Sound of Alarm. — The Dialect of the White-Face.— 

 Dolly Varden, Uncle Remus, and others, . . -91 



CHAPTER XII. 



Atelles or Spider-Monkeys. — The Common Macaque. — 

 Java Monkeys and what They Say. — A Happy 

 Family, 99 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Extent of my Experiments. — Apes and Baboons. — 



Miscellaneous Records of Sounds. — The Vocal Index, 108 



