New-York tribune., 1907-06-16

she-men lining up before a stone wall. from
which issued forth colored waters ana chuAhS
of ice of such exceeding coldness that no bapooh
could touch his tongue thereto without pecoIllhS
6eathly sick. Ja-Ja goes on TO say that the she-
men would often swallow two or three cocoailut
shells full OF this stuff, which the men monkeys
call soda water and yet 60 home on STEADY
feet This tale is obviously Impossible, lof
have proved by exact observations tnat the LieiIl
stomach is not large enough 10 hold so IuuCu
liquid Then look at Ja-Ja's description OF the
he-men eating. The writer says IN w HJle
Blood Is Drunk that George (the hero OF me
tale) sank his fangs raVenouSly INTO me car
liver. while with the knife hand he Went Tor tne
chicken Did ANYBODY ever hear anything sill
lier? 1t is manifestly impossible for man WIN
one-nch teeth to sink the latter into the hVeT OF
:. calf To do this. though. while one hand is
out chasing poultry IS the height OF ahsurdIty-
As fiction, even. the picture here drawn 10y lhe
novelist is not pleasing.
Another baboon broke in here The most
ridiculous story this miserable fabulist mas m
posed upon us as Gospel truth thouSh IS tit-
called The Good New Yorker rms Is 4 STORY
about two green monkeys from Brazil who lost
themselves in n great jungle of man houses; III
their wanderngs they encountered huge T3aA
who was rayeuously hungry and OF most blood
thirsty appearance, but who nevertheless TOOK
the waits IN charge and brought them St-iely 10
u place where there were many other s.lnlans IL.
man made iron houses Now 1 'tSh S"u a.
whether q creature heartess and unscrupu-
lOus as could ever have done such thlIS
II is contrary 10 reason. NIEtl Is more uoil
swallow that yarn about the iron houses II is
incredible that man. who is proverbially so nos
tile 10 Us. his better relatives, should go 10 the
for those whom he does not love 1t Is q clever
and beautiful thought. that. but not the truth
Ja-Ja was sitting on the edge Of the conc!aVe.
7 soon learned. for all OF a sudden a deep voice
from the fringe of the crowd called OUT 'Igno-
raInusl" Then a cocoanut flew through the air
and burst perilOusy near the chief baboon.
'c<oo- Moo Is n closet naturalist the voice
went on. 7 shall not take the trouble TO reply
TO anybody who has not spent at least q year
in the iron houses of the men monkeys.
81 have studied anthropoiogy ever since was
a freshman IN the Uganda University for Dest;-
tute Sinians" retorted KOO-MOo hotly, remoV-
ing his eyeglasses preparatory to combat Il
can assert positively that your story about tho
man baby chasing off a large dog Is the height
Of Stiffness. a dog could swallow such a baby
as easily the python gulps down our weaker
brethren. the loug-tailcd climbers. Why, even
a grown is afraid Of Us, who are far less
terrible than large dogs'-
\ giant hand gripped me by the nape Of the
neck and 7 whiTled through the air toward tire
centre of the assembly. 'Liari" shreled Ja-Ja
triumphantly swinging my own terrified self
under Koo-Moo's very nose He was not
afraid. He has been listening 10 all your drivel.
taking notes in the dark back of the QU-qu tree
over there He has been laughing at all Of
you-haven't you?"
Moo's case was lost I put up bold
front declared that Ja-Ja had the facts down
cold. and that l not afraid Of all the ba-
boOns I'm the forest, for they were all friends Of
mine and gentlemen. every ono of them. Where
upon the assembly appauded vigorously. exc
cuted Koo-Moo and three friends the spot,
and guided myself and Turu back 10 Professor
q g camp before midnight.