Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-18

Professor Garner Hss Obtatnsd several
Clews 10 the Dialect ~ Monts,daas.
There IL avery remarkable PAPER by Pro
lessor Garner ou the language Of hpa.
which he has lreu studying with the help
u the phonogtsph. aud u which be thinks
that he has acquired 10 least SONS Of tho
Tudinents. lie tells H. that. with the CON.
sent OF DR. Ffahk Esksi. difccto, u tho
National Geological gardens ~ Washing.
ton, he separated q pair ui apes which had
been living together snd PLACED then. va
different rooms
Then he placed the phonogfhph near the
cage OF the female aud recorded d iew u
the sounds which she tad uttered H. that
instrument II wa. then tsmovod u the
cell Of the male and made 10 repeat tho
sounds thus registered. The -urpt,,e and
pcrpleNity ~ the mails wer. evident He
traced tho sounds 10 the horn from witch
they came, and falling ~ nhd hi. mat, no
thrust his hand aud arm into the horn
quite mp to his shoulders withdrew IL, aud
peeped into the horn again aud again. lie
would theu retreat and again cautiously
approach the horn, which hseyanlncd With
evident interest. The eSpttssions Of his
face were indeed q study
Using the phonsgraph and doing MI In
his power 10 initiate ~ sound after be- Ind
obtained what he believed ~ be- the chin.
panzco word either Tor milk or for the do.
sire 70 obtain milk. Professor Garner made
the greatest effort To tcp-nt this word with
his own tongue aud iirs ~ capnclin
monkey Tie monkey Immediately turned
10 look ~ lin, and when he hnd repeated
II three or four times very distinctly tho
monkey repeated the sound aud turned to
n pau kept In his cage Tor supplying him
with drink, brought the pan tpthr front n
the cage, came quite mp 20 the bar. aud
uttered the word himself. though ~ vet
Professor Garner had not shown him any
milk or any other drink. Then. aud not
I'll then, milk was brought aud poured
intp tho pan, which the monkey drank
with great yest, aud then repeated tho
sound again some three ~ four times
And Professor Garner found that when
be wanted his pan rrplrnished he nlway-
used the same sound And at, when water
was used Instead OF .milk. the same word
was repeated to ehprss the desire fpr n,
the inference wa, drawn TINT the word d.
noted either liquid or the thirst which vaa
satisfied 10y liquid. The same experiment
was tried with a sound which Professor
Garner discovered TO be- AWAY. used in con.
nectiOn with solid fond, u banana OF - ear.
rot, ~ bit u bread or sn apple, aud NJ the
same word seemed TO apply IT, all 1T them
equally, Professor Garner Inferred that tie
word described eithet solid iu,d h. gsutfai
o. the hunger for H.
Aud In the same way he discovered the
sound which described pain M srkur...
and another which expressed either ascnsc
| Of danger ur u threat, the effect of IT, Ut
tergnco being 10 alarm tho monkey W Viz
luntly that he always spraug ~ the highest
| p0int Ia his cage, and after h hal ltru M
| pcaied three or four times the rcsu't Wa
| that the creature became almn-t frantic
with dread. nor would this muuk., even
allow himself 10 DO attracted by the words
for drink or food after he hnd ouou learned
To associate Professor Garner with thl,
sound, expressive u uithef danger ~
monaco.
In this fashion Professor Garner oh
talned the mastery Of about eight OF nine
sounds, which may he changed hy different
modulations into three OF four times that
number, 10 a. N express modified forms Of
tho same word. all NJ them chiefly vowel
sounds with the barc.t indication NJ some
thing like a consonaut. and these sound,
Professor Garner regards ~ the constituent
elements Of an ape language which hns .
variety Of different dialects. according u
the species Of apo addressed. -Loudoi
Spectator.