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GORILLAS AND CHIMPANZEES 



sents the vanishing sound of W," thus, ()(. This 

 symbol reads **0-U," with the ''O" long, and the 



W " depressed into the short sound of " U." The 

 apostrophe placed before or after the symbol will 

 represent F " or "V." The grave accent, thus, ('), 

 represents the breathing sound of " H," whether 

 placed before or after the symbol, and the acute 

 accent, thus, ('), will represent the aspirate sound of 

 that letter in the same way. 



When the symbol is written with a numeral expo- 

 nent, it indicates the degree of loudness. If there is 

 no figure, the sound is such as would be made by the 

 human voice in ordinary speech. The letter "X" 

 will indicate a repetition of the sound, and the 

 numeral placed after it will show the number of 

 times repeated, instead of the degree of loudness. 

 For example, we will write the sound (.), which is 

 equivalent to long U," made in a normal tone, the 

 same symbol written thus (.)2 indicates the sound, 

 made with greater energy, and about twice as loud. 

 To write it thus, (.)X2, indicates that the sound was 

 repeated, and so on. 



One peculiar sound made by these animals, 

 which is described in connection with the gorilla, 

 appears to be the result of inhalation, but I know 

 of no other animal that makes a sound in this 

 manner. 



As an example of the use of this method, we will 

 write the French word "feu," which Moses mastered, 

 thus, '(')» which is equivalent to *'v1a" with the ** U " 

 sounded short, the other word **wie," in German, 



