THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 89 



to call attention to the approach of something 

 which the monkey does not fear or dislike, 

 which I have spelled "c-h-i." 



I have referred elsewhere, without describing 

 it, to the sound which Nellie used for calling, 

 and which she employed when attempting to dis- 

 suade my wife from going out and leaving her 

 alone. It is a peculiar sound, something like a 

 whine, but very plaintive and suggestive. I 

 cannot represent it in letters. 



There are many sounds about which I am yet 

 in doubt, and some shades of meaning are not 

 clear; but these sounds described include the 

 greater part of my knowledge of the Capuchin 

 tongue, and I shall now proceed to the sounds of 

 some of the other monkeys. 



Standing on this frail bridge of speech, I see 

 into that broad field of life and thought which 

 lies beyond the confines of our care, and into 

 which, through the gates that I have now un- 

 locked, may soon be borne the sunshine of human 

 intellect. What prophet now can foretell the re- 

 lations which may yet obtain between the human 

 race and those inferior forms which fill some 

 place in the design and execute some function 

 in the economy of nature? 



