The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-26
LEARNING TIE MONKEY LANGUAGE
Prof Garner's Experiments - g ding to
Africa with Photograph.

africa with ~ 1'honOEraph.
From The Philadelphia Pres.
An interesting experiment. which 1t IA hoped
will prove OF vas. importance In Intervening
the AN uhGe OF monkeys; was sicrdny made
Mt the Geological Garden BY Prof; r. l.. Garner
Smithsonian Insiitaton, Whi!e the expert.
meut may not of, itself add much to the litera-
raes. it is interesting from the fact tina. Prof,
Ga nor succeeded IN catching on u nbonoRraph
a. exciting ration b, korksy' :l,s Intellectual
1t is an exceedingly dillicult thing to engage
even carucLln Elonkcys III iLtel igent conver-
plishod o place the savage baboon on record.
In order 10 do This phonoGrhph. m electric
ssaao!anE. a monkey WI wronsh tiaskthSrn
cane. and rat trap containing three opos-
sums had to be utilized.
studying the hahits and languages Of tho mon
pertinent he has become acquainted 10 a cor.
tain extent with their language. and claims
Win t. be oss ao sG he
will have 70 iecome simian inEuist MS mon
KEYS. no says. have variety OF languages the
Fave II HIGh ressonios faculties. differing IN
great degree from tine instinct OF binary ami
this latent POWER in lie most interesting OF the
brute creat ion. he inten,is 10 explore tho wilds
OF Aircn; whore he can obtain spsc!mons OF the
N nasy language In Its uncorrnptel STAG.
II Is for tina purpose he IS now experiment
ing in tia public and Erlva:N dolntcles OF the
Africa he expects to take with him number
Of cylinders containing the talk OF captive
aid OF tho phon ograph with the unframed mon
keys n their native jungle. with whom lie will
strike ~ IN acuuaintance ,,,,,.,,.
more than one respect. The photograph Was
placed u PLATFORM in tho rcnr Of the baboon's
Rocksy tool; any notice OF il. When the large
nnel-snaped horn WAS adjusted and pointed
at n he calmly ioIdod his Firms az anu EnIed rs
sidIed 1ownri Il ' and suddsny made graS
WHICH shocked it out Of place and l;,.t missed
arms deianily akimbn and stubbornly, eiusei
three different monkey In" Gunges, inc uding
the chimnauaea. Then It was that the fertile
mind Of Head Head Keeper ,spS byrne conceived plan
to 1 His sGnsss H. Byrae jumped on tho
ihH"E Ea trap ru Of %
boon shrek and the phonograph playol Com
rads..". Rocksy limberei up. i!ew ut the rail-
iessionai swearer bush For three minn.es
he tai kod into that funnel In tho loudest and
mos. iennnsatory Language at mis- c%Emt a n
plarod his hand at his nose. gave tnal Oh rick.
ana turned his back on tho Professor in the
ver sDii WIZ John t." S be scot OF
OF red apnlea Mr. Byrne wan cu Prof. Garn or
to m..ks the cnpuchn memb.r o. one OF his
classes In languages. hut the Professor said
no lad enough capuclns now In the class t y,
start n school OF monkey theology Before no
left the garden Er Garner ana Mr. Wallace,
who had charge o tho phonograph, obtained a
good collection OF lion roar. although the
no does not profess t. know auythin. about
the lion language.
In sroaking Of some Of tho me hods OF asrer-
tanning thu meaning ut u monkeys language
Prof. Garucr relate an incident Of monkey
in Lincoln Park. Chicago. which actually tod
him that he. the monkey. was suilering with
rheuInnti-m The Professor had noticed that
this monkey chattered in a certain way when :
e'or, no snw, bad weather, Ito watched the
culiur spueHk, ana won d t!en walk to mis- WIN
dow. look ont. shake his head. and dismaliv
squeak again. 1t was raining. IN tho monk ey
repeated the performance several times.
The Professor nale IN to the monkey nm |
Initiated his squeak. Tho monkey became
friendly. and after the Professor had been with
It couple Of hours it looked at him appen H. e
y and chHttored away as II dubbed /, legs and
a hSs hs pf aow Tas nssssSt 3
its delight that the Professor hnd understood
Professor. Tile toll me lhnt the wcathsr al
fectei him and tat he had the rhenmAtisir. l
Immediately Informed tha keeper. and he
promptly diScredi'ed my statement, had the
monkey examined by physician. h viewer,
and sure enough he had rheum atism, amt Ii
Slsd him nut that monkey
subject" concluded tho Professor with . siTh.
N ia had only lived