Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-29
LIVING WITH APES.
a,nNEu,s EXPERIENCES
n ,uoNe THE sI,iIANs.


he language which ne aNoWs
~ the gorilla and chimpanzec,
/, sh,ch has earned for him the
4 ,,.,m OF the Monkey Man" re-
f-om his Investigations in AZ
q he Etruria today. The pro-
. said tonight his journey had
n absolute success.
ID here" said he. in July, 1892.
oousIderable difficulty in secur-
lands and making preparations for
,.rpey. got away from Liverpool
<, following December. went
IN the lake regions enough to
lsSrmation about the animals. in
GA and conditions Of the coun-
4, my purpose. After this journey
|unsd to Lake Feran Vaz, through
HAD already passed on the way
There found n suitable place
4 Ia my cage. l located one mile
ne lake IN a dense jungle. for
4 ,ufllIa viii not live in an open
;ty. II was on the south side Of
LIE. about two degrees south Of
|noaior. do not know the longi-
but It was about one days Jour
4 the seacoast In a direct line.
been advised by the natives that
Is the best situation In Southwest
Aidca TO find numhers OF eorlllas,
|tk locality many had been cap
|aby white hunters.
|Gng my cage with the assistance
|fne natives. The cage consisted
/ network of steel rods nve-six-
|as Of an Inch thick. brought
'rh me In eight sections. each six
* inches in length. These sec
Weighed 40 pounds in all. ! anch-
|ihwlth three heavy chains passed
he roof. AS a precautlon, a net
Il q steel wire was thrown around
rs as a guard. The roof was
n q bamboo, and I had with me
|ras iarpaulln in case of rain. My
H. consisted Of household utensils.
N wolvers. one magazine rifle, one
IL a and hollow arrows filled with
~ rid which 7 dlsnharped with n
The best safeguard had
u .,.ylee Of NV own invention
n,,har like n large oanteen Allied
.l,g -.pntratea ammonia to which
n, s.ched n hose 40 inches long
4. no,yla throueh which could
/. 4. ,,,r,s, 80 ,ho a,nmo,,ia u.h,ch
. 4 .o,rooata a oor,ita ION Zoo, away
t. ~ stood 90 so,,rdo,ion ,hrse
n, ,ss, ,ror, no Ground
M M rborogranb as one or.
Il ,ror, rI1,san ON Ntay . 1904
|, ,sachod ~ hod no invoice
nd ,or,, n,,on d,senno,ntod az
..s,,.,s I'D, ,,,a,,,d sa,o alded
.,,ar,a,,,. - H., -, - a,na,.,n,or,s I'm.
ns,el,, ny, ntn,os.ra,,,,,c annaratus
to work also
rent into the oare alone on April
as and remained in 1t until Au-
Z following OF course 1 came
hi short intervals. For my young
,anzee Moses. which I had with
fbuitt n hut outside not far from
nse. During the long months he
ny only companion most the time.
ined together, and on these occas-
Noses was not confined, but went
ID out at will. At some times
Ishaved badly, for the etiquette of
thlmpanzees is not always per-
Then I would put him out. I
I great many gorillas. think I
nfely say that I saw more than
qiher white man living. My posi-
vas such that the gorillas would
4 Very close, ana could sit and
ny study every detail Of move
II and expression.
never had occasion 10 use my
. but once Tben / only cooked 1t
.Imsa i n, a gorilla 10 rescue my
an hut before I fred the
n, hooarno ,r,ybtened and ran
n No. saen univ two or three
I. VIII outside ~ the cage. but
|i.t,r,, aa,.ar,ore within the cage.
4 ,h,,s. ,,,,,ob have read be.
~ a,'s. -. rssaa rcbes in mara.
\. ,,,.,..' -. 90 .a,,,rai history about
M. M Sa.i,,,as
4 ~ 49,, ,earnad ,nore than sly
eigs, ,,a,.a. ~ no cb,moanzee Ian
aee 49, 80 ~ ,,,not gIye vou fol
" az n. ..-,.,satis 10 anv knowr
lnolos, ~ r.,.a,,,a,,hy I eannot
.noupcs -, - Js could woult
lllnr,y -. -, yor thinl
ne Al. 49, -, !, a,tv words o
srstces in their language ~
Tie gorilla eertainy mas MARTA
ailons,. but no ceremony. / icarnei
o The natives that they are polyga
u However I am quite Statistic,
y they keen the same female as