The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-14
ABOUT MONKEYS.
They Are Not Brave, But Gorilla win
Sometimes Attack an Elephant.
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| SomeIlmeS AtraCk an Elephant
From HdrDer's Young People
A French priest and dignitary of the
church, Father Carbasson owned an orang.
outaug which was very fond Of him. On
one occasion the animal, escaping from the
house, followed his master to the church
He mounted the sounding-board above the
pulpit and lay perfectly quiet until the
sermon commenced. Then the creature
crept to the edge of the sounding board and,
| overlooking the preacher, initiated every
| gesture made by the priest, until the CON
| gregation could not restrain their laughter.
The good father rebuked his flock with very
| significant gestures. These gestures were
| so groteRQualy caricatured by the ANA NAL
| that the people burst into roars Of laughter
and one of their number, stepping forward,
informed tina priest of the cause Of their
| merriment.
In the geological gardens in London q
monkey was taught to eat with knife and
fork, and in the geological gardens OF Paris
monkey arranged his food on the table,
using his napkin and knife and fork as we'll
as child.
In Africa and India, and in South Amer
lea, monkeys are often employed to gather
the fruit. which grows too high TO be
reached by the natives.
A cook on board ship taught his monkey
to hand the wood, and in other ways to
assist him in doing the kitchen work. Afri-
can apes, when they go in body to plumber
gardens and plantations, are adroit enough
to station sentinel in a tree. who informs
the plunderers of the approach of any per-
son by uttering shrek.
The author of the History Of Brazil'
tells of species of monkey called preach
ers." Every morning and evening these
monkeys assemble IN the woods. One takes
q higher position than the rest, and makes
signal with his fore paw. At this signal
the others sit around him and listen. When
they are all seated he begins to utter
series Of sounds. When he stops these cries
he makes another signal with his paw. and
the Others cry out until he makes third
signal, upon which they become silent
again. This author. Mr.. Maregrove. asserts
that he was witness to these preachers
but no other traveller has confirmed the
statement
The incident OF the monkey using the cats
paw to take chestnuts out CT the fire is said
to have taken place In the hall Of Pope
Julius II.
Monkeys are not very brave, although
the gorilla will sometimes attack an ele-
plant when he is sure of his advantage.
The male gorilla often carries a huge stick,
and knows how to use it AS the elephant
Is fond OF the same fruit which attracts the
gorilla an encounter frequently takes place.
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plant approach, cautiously drops down to
bough, aud, awaiting himself of the op-
portunity, brings his club sharply down on
the sensitive trunk of his enemy, who rushes
away trumpetinz with anger and pain.
Apes and gorillas are usually vicious and
resentful, and less addicted to playful tricks
than the common monkey. Indeed, the
monkey, as we all know Is q trickster both
In his wild and his domestic state In their
native forests they spend hours in swinging
from the branches of the trees, suspended
by their tails, and chattering and
Rrimacing with evident signs of delight.
Humboldt mentioned seeing over a hun
dred so employed in a South American
forest.
The ordinary reader hardly realizes how
many varieties of monkey exist. We hear
OF monkey in the Indies with reddish
brown bodies, black heads, and faces of q
sky blue. There are monkeys with white
eyelids, and green monkeys to be found on
the African continent and Cape de Verde
islands. ThesHowlers which inhaoit South
America, are large and fierce. and travellers
describe their yells as absolutely appalling
So dreadful is the sound of their growIings
and roarings that one would imagine that
all the beasts of the forests had gathered to-
gether for battle. These creatures are so
| fierce that even the most skillful and adven-
furious trainer is unwilling TO teach them
| tricks. One of the most singular and most
unsightly Of all creatures is the proboscis
monkey. A traveller who saw q troop of
them IN Borneo says it is impossible to
imagine such hideousness One must see it
to believe it. This probosois is cartilaginous,
and can be inflated by the animal to a
prodigious SIZE, and suddenly to encounter
such visage frsm behind tree in Borneo
wilderness is to be Mortified as you never
were before. Not boy in the world would
be willing to take such creature as q pet
They are very active, and in bounding from
tree to tree will clear space of fifteen or
twenty feet.
10 noble qualities possessed by the dog and
the horse, and even other animals, the
monkey is lacking. At his highest estate
he is mere trickster.