94 THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. 



to hang in folds, which give them an appearance 

 of extreme emaciation, and when full of food 

 they are so distended as to present rather an un- 

 pleasant aspect. 



The sounds which the Rhesus utters in anger 

 are harsh and unmusical, while their sound for 

 food is soft and sympathetic, and I have made a 

 machine which imitates it quite well. The Rhe- 

 sus belongs to the genus Macacus, one of the 

 oldest and largest of all simian genera. 



I have found the word in the dialect of the 

 white-faced Cebus which corresponds in value 

 to those sounds described in the dialects of the 

 Capuchin and Rhesus monkeys meaning food; 

 but I cannot give the faintest idea of the sound 

 by any combination of letters, nor have I as yet 

 devised any means by which I can imitate it. I 

 recorded this sound on the phonograph more 

 than a year ago, but only within the last few 

 months have I been able to tell its meaning. 



Another sound which is made by this species 

 to express apprehension of remote danger, such 

 as an approaching footstep or some unusual 

 sound, I have also learned. It is very much 

 the same phonetically as that sound which he 

 utters in case of great and sudden alarm, but 



