The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-15
AFTER sIMIAN LINGO.
Garner Expects to Be Able to Converse
With Monkeys.

Philadelphia Public Ledger: Profess
sor r. L.. Garner, naturalist and stu
dent of the language of monkeys. will
sail from this city today on the Noord-
land for Liverpool. whence he will go
to Marseilles 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 lug
gage and seeing to its safe disposal on
board, the material for his trip includ-
Ing a ton of iron for his famous cage in
which he sits while making observa-
tions. He also carries with him one Of
the most complete n most delicate
photographic outfits ever manufac-
tured. These machines were made UNI
DER the personal direction OF Thomas A.
Edison, n are provided with a spe-
cial lot Of diaphragms made particular!
lY for the use of Professor Garner. They
are SO sensitive that they will record
the slightest jungle noise, and with
better results than he has ever attained
before. 1t is by no means Of such
mechanism that he has been enabled to
compare the various monkey articula.
lions and then formulate them.
II believe" said the professor, that
this year will be by all odds my most
successful one, for never before have 1
been so well equipped with scientific In
struments which will help me in my
study. This year, besides making OBJ
servations on the language of mon-|
keys. I am going to make a particular
psychological study of the animals with
reference to their ability to determine
differences between forms. colors.
sounds, etc. For these purposes l have
some very delicate instruments. most Of
them invented and manufactured by
myself.
Some Of these work electrically, so
that no appreciable amount Of time Is
lost between the monkeys perception
Of an object and the recording of such
along these lines to be unique and start
ling, for 1t is a new Subject, one in
which thee has beer no Investigation
whatever. After nearly every stay In
the jungle, no matter for how short a
time, 1 have something to add to my
book on the subject. I am continually
adding to former publications, tabu-I
lat:ng. enumerating, classifying and
making alterations. 1t is q tremendous
undertaking, but one In which I am.
deeply interested, and which 1 am pur-l
suing solely for the sake of science.
The greatest fascination about the
work is that you never know just when
SUNNI i.hPoLtdiit tsNSidlloH IS ABOUT W
be made. Even when you feel reason
ably certain about some particular ex-
pertinent, to give it any scientific value.
1t must be repeated again and again.,
SO that every possible result car be.
compared with what has been learned
before.
THE natives, whom I continually en-,
counter during my work, are very
courteous and ~considerate, and do
everything to make my stay among
them comfortable 1 will arrive on the
west coast at just the time of year.
when the weather is best for my OBJ
servations, and when my work is least
apt to be interrupted by the great
storms which frequently occur In that
part of the world. l do not know how
long I will be gone his time. Perhaps
several years. 1t all depends Upon how
my work progresses"