The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-04
AFTER MORE SIMIAN LINGO.
Garner Expects to BE Able Before Long
to Converse Fluentiy With Monkeys.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.


Prof r. l.. Garner naturalist and student
! Of the language Of monkeys, will sail from
| this city to-day on the Noordland for Liver
pool. whence he will go to Marseiles en- route
for the West Coast of Africa. where he Will
make his headquarters at Gaboon and Cape
Lopez From these places he will make
his observations of monkey life. their speech
and habits.
The professor was busy yesterday looking
after his great amount Of luggage and seeing
to its safe disposal on board. the material
for his trip including ton OF iron for his
famous cage In which he sits while making
observations. He also carries with him one
of the most complete and most delicate phono-
graphic outfits ever manufactured. These
| machines were made under the personal
direction Of Thomas A. Edison and are pro-
vided with special lot of diaphragms made
particularly for the use OF Prof. Garner
They are SO sensitive that they will record
the slightest jungle noise, and with them
the naturalist expects to obtain better re-
| suits than he has ever attained before. IT Is
by means of such mechanisms that he
has been enabled to compare the various
monkey calculations and then formulate
them
Il believe" said the professoI, that this
yenr will be By oil odds my most successful
equipped with scientific Instruments which
will help me in my study. This year. besides
making observations on the language OF
monkeys, j am going to make particular
psychological study OF the animals with
reference to their ability TO determine differ
ences between forms. colors, sounds dc.
For these purposes ! have some very delicate
Instruments. most OF them invented and
manufactured by myself.
some Of these work electrically. so that
no appreciabe amount OF time ~ lost between
the monkeys perception OF an object and the
recording OF such perception 1 expect my
discoveries along these lines to be unique
and startling, FOR 1t Is a new subject. one
in which there has been no Investigation
whatever. After nearly every stay IN tine
jungle. no matter for now short time.
have something to add TO my book on the
subject ! am continually adding TO former
publications. tabulAting. enunIcratiny, ciassi-
lying and making alterations. ii Is tre-
mendous undertaklng. hui one IN Whloh
suing solely for the sake of science;
The greatest fascination about the work
II that you never know Just when some I'M
poTtant revelation Ii about TO be MADE Even
some particular experiment, TO give 1t any
scientific value 10 must be repeated again
and again, SO that every possible result can
be. compared with what has been learned
before. ..,-...u...
THE natives. whom continually encounter
during my work. are very courteous ana
considsrats. and do everything TO make my
stay ,am9nx them comfortable. J will arrive
on the West Coast A. Just the ime OF year
when tho weather ~ best for my ObseT va IONS
and when my work IL least apt TO be inter-
rupted by the great storms which frequently
know how long will be gone this time, Per-
haps several years. II all depends upon
how my work progresses"