Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-07
STORIES ABOUT MONKEYS.
India's Sacred Simians, Wise Balloons
and an Intelligent Chimpanzee.
From tho Landau Glnha

India's Sacred Simians, Wise Balloons
and an Intelligent Chimpanzee.
From the London Globe.
The entellus monkey Is the most sacred of
all in India. 1t is gray above and nutty
brown below. long legged and active, a
thief and an impudent robber. In one of
the Indian cities they became such null
sance that the faithful determined to catch
and send away some hundreds. This was
DONE and the holy monkeys were deported
in covered carts and released many miles
Off But the monkeys were too clever Hav-
ing thoroughly enjoyed their ride, they all
refused to part with the carts, and hopping
and grimaci came leaping all the way
back beside them to the city, grateful Tor
their outing One city obtained leave to
kill the monkeys; but the next city then
sued them for killing their deceased an
ceStors." In these monkey-infeSted cities,
if one man wishes to spite another, he
throws few handfuls Of rice ON the roof
of his house about the rainy season Tho
monkeys come, find the rice, and quietly
lift off many of the tiles and throw them
away, seeking more rice in the interst:ces.
The only mammals which thoroughly I'M
derstand combination for defense as well
as attack are the balloons, but Brehm, the
German traveller gives charming story of
genuine courage and self-sa crifice shown
by one. His hunting dogs gave chase to a
troop which was retreating to some cliffs
and cut off very young one, which ran
up on to rock, only just out of reach of
the dogs. An old male baboon saw this
and came alone to the rescue. Slowly and
deliberately he descended. crossed the open
space and, stamping his hands on the
ground, showing his teeth, and backed by
the furious banks of the rest Of the ba-
boons, he disconnected and cowed these
savage dogs, climbed on to the rock, picked
up the baby and carried him back safely.
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his tribe would probably have helped him.
Burchell, the naturalist after whom Bur-
chelPs zebra is named, let his dogs chase Il
troop. The balloons turned on them, killed
one on the spot by biting through the great
blood vessels of the neck and laid bare the
ribs of another. The Cape Dutch in the
old colony would rather let their dogs bait
a lion than a troop of balloons. The rescue
of the infant chaoma, which Brehm saw
himself. Is a remarkable, and, indeed, the
most incontestable, instance of the exhibit
ton of courage and self-sacrihce by mais
animal.
Any account of chimpanzeeS would
be incomplete without a reference to Sally,
the most educated of her order. Sally, who
lived in the Zoo for over six years, learned
to count perfectly up to six and less per-
fectly to ten; she could also distinguish
white from any other color. but if other
coiors were presented her she failed, appar-
entity from color blindness. OF this ape the
late DR.. G. J. Romanes wrote with some
man pursuing a favorite theme:
Her intelligence was conspcuously dis
played by the remarkable degree in which
she was able to understand the meaning
OF spoken languages degree fully equal
to that presented by an infant few
months before emerging from infancy, and
therefore higher than that which is pre-
sented by any brute, so far, at least, as 1
have evidence to show. She was taught to
count by means of picking up straws and
being rewarded when the correct number
asked for had been given with a piece of
fruit. Sally rarely made mistakes up to
five; but above five and up to ten. to which
one of the keepers endeavored to advance
her education. the result is uncertain. 1t is
evident that she understands the words
seven. eight. nine and ten to betoken num-
bers higher than those below them. When
she was asked for any number over six
she always gave some number over six
and under ten. She sometimes doubled over
a straw to make its present two ends, and
was supposed thus to hasten the attain
mentS of her task"