CHAPTER V. 



Certain Marks which Characterize the Sounds of Monkeys 

 as Speech. — Sounds Accompanied by Gestures. — Cer- 

 tain Acts Follow Certain Sounds. — They Acquire New 

 Sounds. — Their Speech Addressed to Certain Individ- 

 uals. — Deliberation and Premeditation. — They Remember 

 and Anticipate Results. — Thought and Reason. 



As a result of my experience with monkeys, I 

 shall here sum up the chief points in which their 

 speech is found to coincide with that of man, 

 and note those features which distinctly char- 

 acterize the sounds as a form of speech. 



The sounds which monkeys make are volun- 

 tary, deliberate, and articulate. They are always 

 addressed to some certain individual with the 

 evident purpose of having them understood. 

 The monkey indicates by his own acts and the 

 manner of delivery that he is conscious of the 

 meaning which he desires to convey through the 

 medium of the sounds. They wait for and ex- 

 pect an answer, and if they do not receive one 

 they frequently repeat the sounds. They usually 



look at the person addressed, and do not utter 



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