The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-29

plumber OF words Prof Garner has acquired
after life's work. one can not help wcndeT-
ing just how long II will be before ths go Ill
las and chimpanSees that hear the profe syor
talk will stop remarkng to each other that
his conversation sounds like the iijotic com
binaticrs of words in foreign languages that
are strung together at the back of European
guide books.
THE NEXT TRIP.
Prof. Garner intends making another trim
to Africa-his third one' He had contemplated
starting on this expedition in May CT last
year but the war made such thing mad
v.sabe To reach the place hc has chosen
for his further investigations of tho monkey
language he would have had to pass through
ST anish territory and live under the protee-
ton of the French goysrnment aud at tina.
time the French attitude was an unknown
quantity.
and the famous naturalist will start in May
for a three years stay in his former canp
on the shores OF Lake Farnanouza, about 10
miles south of the equator in western Atrlca-
The specific purpose of the present expedi.
tion is to take COURSE In the language OF
the chimpanzees and the native plgmiss.
According to Prof Garner, the ehimpanzee's
dialect consists of forty words, II i aisisa;
BILE to speak of their language as dialect
for Garner is authority for the statement that
each OF the several varieties have a LANGUAGE
In his two previous visits as he laid the
foundations OF knowledge of the chimpan,
zee dialect it seems probable that at the ~
of the present throe years exped ton he VIII
have acquired a complete mastery oil tha
tongue. ,,-,,,
The professors outfit is rather different
from that OF most explorers. In addition TO
the conventional outfit OF an African explorer
his kit contains huge wire cage; num-
Der Of reed instruments that are moi unlike
those which are classed by musicians when
speaking OF an ochestra as the 'wood-wind,
and a photograph. ,...
Upon tho photograph the professor luss
81 eat stress. and he counts upon II very
heavily 10 aid him In fixing the SOUNDS Oh
the Simian language. -,
The principal disappointment OF tne last eS
peciiicn to Prof. Garner vas the aDseDre ..
a phonograph which he'd been Ercrbisei nm
but which did no. reach hin beiore nr
plrrged into the wilderness. His steal cas cage;
Which is trifle over six feet square. 10 slii
IN good condition TO be erect d IT. The CHM
panzee country. ,o,
The reed Instruments he devised TO proenca
some Of the Simian sounds when nc i9. IN.
cal organs. Whethsr be will overcome this
defect during the present trip ana o. apls 70
carry on con versaton without me alp y.
his reed instruments Is OF no little concern
10 those whc believe in his theory.
What may be called the Garnerian theory
about monkey talk MY be summed up mus
CARRIERS THEORY
Tho sounds uttered by monkeys are yoIun-
tary, deliberate and articulate.
They are always used with the purpose OF
being understood.
4 monkey is conscious of his own meaning
and expects that meaning To be unders'o"u
" "a a., ,,ndsrstands the sounds made BY other
OF his own species ana respones "
them a,.war IN the
-o,,nds tbat he utters he repeats the same
sound until he Is answered. ,h,, alone
He preserves complete silence WI sn,ay.
using the sounds only 10 convey sont ia 49,
marion. want or desire. and not as psst'n nv
THESE sounds are made with the socA y,
yans and are irodulated with the testn' .oa,
que and lips 10 the came manner 'paN i'--
rontrols HIS vocal organs ,ra
The fuldamental sounds appear 70 DC pu.s
yowels.. but faint traces oil consensus "a
found 10 many words especially thSsf y.
40" Tbpre IL no universal language among MN
KEYS, Each species has us own peeuT1. ts
tongue slightly shaded INTO aHle ssvs he
same meaning IN the different tongues. ,,a
eat, lie ali pioneers, Pref. Garner has No
many dIfticultiss IN carrying OUT ~, &C.
hie an,aeouisrn aud has Rad little help itop'
ssientific societies In his former exps
rrnsious to bis first trip N TX sas Il
w y So - ~ IN the heart Of gorilla couatp
he applied to seseral societies aSa Lin 10
lhcse - Wing a specially Of philoloxy: Wills
,hs snhlioiesists thought Il was ths su.aropo-
ioss soe is's.ss w ssd ns's pn ssi ssss
Ihcusen assor ths residents Of the Congo
inc p,9is usre most anxious TO hslp him ana
Unity ,rs Iran kird with assistance BON 10
ne form o: reimbursement by ~0f'' n'VA''
ara supplies c~,. rss.srohes il that