THE SPEECH OF MONKEYS. I 13 



sufficiently strong to admit of analyzing the 

 sound-units or fundamental sounds. 



From the many sounds that I have analyzed, 

 it appears to me that there is a difference in the 

 phones of all different genera, and that the pho- 

 netic basis of human speech more closely resem- 

 bles that of the simian than any other sounds ; 

 but I wish to be understood distinctly not to 

 offer this in evidence to establish any physical, 

 mental, or phonetic affinity between mankind 

 and simians. I merely state the facts, from 

 which all theorists may deduce their own con- 

 clusions. 

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