Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-21
WITH THE GORILLAS.
PROFESSOR GARNER STARTS OUT
AGAIN TO STUDY MONKEYS.

II Successful, Says the Results VIII Il
! Surprising Going TO the Interior
Darkest Africa WIN Return Some Tim
Next Spring.
/ am now on the edge OF civilization
about TO plunge into the depths Of th
African forest. These are the last word
/ shall send before disappear. Wher
and when shall come out I do no
know.
am now writing at Ambrizette, An
| COLA. and'R Is the 9Th Of October. 1t Il
unlikely that anything will be heard
from me for some months. It is, o.
course, possible that l may never agair
reach civilization, and that this mann.
script will be my last.
But If my journey is as successful as
expect it TO be it will be surprising in
its results and rapid in execution. in
tend now to strike out for the Bolumbo
country and into the interior Of darkest
Africa.
Here shall again resume my expert
ments with the native gorillas and
hope to complete the alphabet of the ma
tive language of the ape, which 1 was
compelled to abandon during my firs,
visit here year ago
hope TO cross Esyria TO the Rennbc
Nkani and via Fernan Vaz lake into the
Lake Izanga country, where l shall
make for the coast. No time can be
stated for this hazardous journey, as
most of 1t is afoot or by canoe. But /
hope to be back in New York early in
the new year, or, at any rate, before the
summer is well advanced.
am we'll equipped for this journey
and for my experiments.
My previous experience in Africa will
be of the utmost value.
My knowledge of the country and Of
the native languages has already beer
Of the greatest assistance.
Standing here on the brink where civ
ilization and barbarism meet, 1 am con-
fdent that the journey which is before
me will bring them both closer together.
am bringing some of the finest me-
,haDical productions of civilization into |
.he heart Of the jungle. / shall bring |
but of the primeval forest specimens |
bearing ON anthropology and testimony
20 the antiquity Of language that will |
20 absolutely new.
There are things in this African jun
,le which comes down here to where !
tand that bear directly ON the history
II our race and speech. Here are found
aces that have not advanced in 10, 900
ears, races that seem indeed never to
rave advanced and to occupy today a
over place in tho social scale than
many animals.
l do not doubt that there are members
4 the monkey family possessing a
igher intelligence and a greater fuency
I language than many natives Of Afri-
a, whom they SO closely resemble. /
ave known of the same words being
sod to express the same things in the
inguage of both. These are some of the
'cts my present journey will throw
ght upon.
i am heading now for the greatest
onkey country liz the world, the great
'iginal breeding place Of our race, rs
me believe. Here are to be found
ces of men the like of which can be 4
on nowhere else on earth.
Here are TO be found men so peculiar +
mt hundreds Of thousands, If not mil +
ons, of years must have elapsed since |;
ey branched Off from the rest of the I
eat human family. They are today I
her the sole remaining specimens Of &
imoval man or mon who have slowly f
interviewing developed unique lido /,
which differentiate them +
,m all others. +
in this great African jungle which II
. light of civilization has never pene- lr
tied, where time has stood still, l.
iich is today identical with what it I''
IS 10, 900 years ago, an animal civili-
lion has sprung up that has advanced
ECKER than the civilization Of its hui
N inhabitants. The skull of monkeys
this great heart of Africa has grown
ter than the skull of men.
Here are found the largest monkeys
! the smallest men. Not far from b
ere am sitting tonight writing to T.
o Sunday World the chimpanzoes have +;
steal instruments around which they 81
d dance. while there are tribes OF II
ages so low and brutal as never to III
% invented musical instrument. T..
donkey tribes. gorilla tribes and rs
tribes are organized. They Es
o leaders and governors. They seem
nave n rude system Of government Of -
forest. "
ZACH appears TO have special coun-
of its own into which the others
ly penetrate. They have mysterious iSs
5, periodical conventions and regular &
rs for joyful gatherings AZ
his is the greatest place for scientific
iiry ON earth--first, because it is the