The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-10-05
MONKEY STORIES.
India's Sacred Smlans. W!sp Baboons
and an Intell!gen: ChimpanEee

London. Globe
The en.ellus monkey is the most sa-
cred OF All In India II Is gray above
and nutty brown below. long-leggei
and active. thief and an lmpuienl rob-
Der. In one Of the Indian cities they
became such a nuisance that the faith
ful determined 20 each anI SEND away
some hundreds This was done, aud the
holy monkeys were dep1riel In covered
carts and released many miles on. But
the monkeys We're too clever. Having
thoroughly enjoyed their ride. they all
refused to part with the carts. and. hop
ping and grimacng. came lelping all
the way back beside them 10 me city.
grateful for their outing. One city OBJ
tained leave 10 kill the monkeys: bu;
the next city then sued them for killing
their deceased ancestors" In these
m1nkey-ingss.ed cities. OF one man
wishes 20 spite another he throws a few
handsfuls %. rice on the roof Of his
house abou, the rainy season. The
monkeys come. find the rice, and quietly
lift of many Of the tiles and throw them
away, seeking more rice in the inter
sticss.
The only mammals which thoroughly
understand combination for defence as
well as attack are the babOons, but
Brehm. the German traveller. gives a
charming story u genuine courage and
salf-sacrifca shown by one His hunt
ing dogs gave chase 10 a troop which
was retFeatlng 10 some cliffs and cut
on a very young Onr. which ran up on
90 a rock. only jus; out % reach OF The
dogs. An old male babO1n saw this and
came along 10 the rescue. Slowly and
deliberately hs descended. crossed the
0Den space. and, stamping his hands on
the ground, showing his teeth. and
backing by the furious barks Of the rest
OF the babO0ns. he Disconnected and
cowei 'hese savage dogs. climbing on
10 me rocks. picked up the baby and
carried him back safely II the dogs
had attacked the old patriarch his tribe
would probably have helped him. Bur-
chelPs zebra is named. let his dogs chase
2 troOn The babOOns turned on them.
killing one on the spot by biting through
he grea. blood vessels ~ the neck and
laid bare -he RIBS u another. The Cape
Dutch in the oil colony would rather
Jet their logs bat lion than a troop Of
The rescue Of the infant
which Brenm saw himself. Is
a remarkable and, indeed the most IN
cntestable instance Of he exhibition Of
and sel'-sacrifce by a male
Any account OF ch.mpanzees would be
Incomplete wI.h1u' reference to Sally.
most educated u hs~ order. Sally. who
lived In the ZJo fyr over SIX years.
learned 70 cOun, perfectly up 10 six and
less perfectly % ten: he could also dis
.ngulsh White from any other color. but
II other cplOrs were presented her she
'ailed. apparently from color blindness.
Jf this ape ,h- 49,. D.. G. J. Romanes
wrote With samsyhing more than the
n ,husiasm " a clever man pursuing
I fayoHye taame:
Her intelligence was consplcuously
displayed By The remarkable degree in
which she Tas able .J understand me |
meaning n spoken ianguage-a degree
ully equal o. tha, presented by an in
ant a f"w months before emerging |
rom infancy and her, re higher than |
hat which !s presen'd by any brute.
% far at least az ! have evidence to
now. She was taugh. to count by |
r ans n picking up straws and being |
eW1rd-i, when The correct number
sked for mad been given with a piece
{ fruit Sally rart1y made mistakes
- 70 five; but above five and 10 TO
an. 70 which one Of the keepers endeav-
red TO advance her education. the re-
ult is uncertain. II Is evident that she
Understands the2 words seven, eight
Inc and ten 70 betOken numbers higher