The Washington herald., 1910-08-22

New York, Aug 21.-susie arrived to-
day by the French liner La Touraine.
chaperoned by her foster father, Prof
Richard L. Garner.
Susie is very young. abnormally pre-
cocious. and has a vocabulary that the
professor says he understands. She is
able to distinguish eolors and shapes,
and likes beer and wine in moderation.
But her GROWING achievement, which
differentiates her from all other chin
panzees and anthropoids. is that she can
laugh right out loud.
II is not a backward guffaw. nor
maidenly shipper, but pretty close i'm
itation OF a child's laugh.
The professor said he had heard that
Director Hornaday. OF the Bronx Zoo.
had said he had never heard OF a chin
panzee that could laugh. and that he
would like 10 introduce Susie 10 DR..
Hornaday.
Lived In JungIeIand.
Prof. Garner has been living in Jungle
land and studying chimpanzees and
gorillas. he says. for the last six and a
half years. He selected a place In the
French Congo. near Lake Fernan Vaz
| He took with him steel cage. six and
half feet square. This went to the
bottom Of a bay in which his canoe was
upset. and he had 20 make a bamboo
| cage 10 re2lsce It.
| A native cook and a house boy were
his only attendants, and he carried two
Winchester rifles. one an automatic, for
use in defending his life as the object
OF his isolation in the jungle was solely
I 20 study at close quarters the habits Of
the gorilla and chimpanzee and get ac-
Quainted with their method OF communi-
cation
The result OF his study. IN which he
was on intimate terms with twenty-five
chimpanzees and nine gorillas. convinces
him that The chimpanzees have a Ian.
euage, as near as the professor can make
out Of twenty words or So He said:
/ II have tabulated twelve or fourteen
words and I think I understand nine.
I When I say this I am not exaggerating.
I have frequently used the warning call
OF the chimpanzee. and they have an.
swered it in the bushes"
Faithful to Their Mates.
/ The professor says that chimpanzees
I have a vague moral sense They mate
like some humans and are faithful to
their mates. and respect the right OF
other chimpanzees 90 their partners.
When a chimpanzee family takes up its
home in a certain tree the other CHM
! panzees recognize the property right of
the occupant in the tree and al the fruit
thereof. The professor had seen cases
where orphan chimpanzees were adopted.
The professor says he saw some giant
gorillas. two OF which were at least six
feet tan and weighed between 80 and
800 pounds. They appeared to be as
much afraid OF man and woman as man
and woman were afraid of them. There
vas no doubt that the gorilla would
fight. but only when he feared for the
safety OF his family The head Of the
family was always the battler.
The professor was never attacked. but
he was very much startled once by the
appearance OF a huge gorilla in a place
that he had selected for a second camp
Of observation. He had been told by a
chief OF the Pahen tribe about this place.
gorillas and chimpanzees. The chiefs
son and nephew went with the professor.
After they had Travelled several DAYS.
they came 20 the bank OF stream, and
sat on It and ate lunch The chiefs reia-
tives said this was the place where the
anthropoids abounded. he had taken
out his pipe and filed it and was be-
ginning 20 smoke when the chiefs son
touched him on the shoulder and whis-
pered in a frightened tone:
''Ntyiir'
That meant gorilla. The professor got
up and saw the bushes part not more
than forty feet away. Then through the
opening emerged the giant form Of the
iercest looking creature the professor
ever saw He was more than six feet
tall and he looked every inch Of il, as ht
raised himself alongside the sapling that
he had grasped with his right hand anc
glsred at the white man.
Wells Like Indian.
He shook the sapling as if he were
about 10 tear it up by the roots. There
was fear, anger. and ferocity depicted
on the black quivering face Of the 60
rilla, as il emitted a cry that sounded
like a cross between an Indian yell and
the baying Of dog. The professor and
the natives with him interpreted this
cry as a warning to the gorilla's family
He then disappeared.
The chiefs son remarked that the 60
rilla had gone to secrete his family, and
that he would come back soon and attach
the party. They decided 20 go. The pro
fessor said It was not good place any.
how. as it was too far from his has,
OF supplies
The professor took the reporters down
into the butchers compartment and in
! troduced them to Susie. who is about as
/ big as a two-months-old baby She Is
seven and a half months old. She showed
lively interest IN the professor the
moment he entered the butchers shop
He asked her:
DO you love your pop?" And she re.
sponded by putting her arms around his
neck and kissing him. She put dowr
her foot when he commanded her ant
when he asked for part Of an orange she
was eating she tore of bit and placed
It in the palm of his hand.
Obeys His Commands.
Some one gave her a gumdrop. and tn,
professor said to her. Don't eat that.
She was about to do so. but she paused
and handed the CONNECTION to one OF tn,
reporters. BY tickling her under tn,
chin the professor got a gurgle out O.
Susie that sounded much like laugh.
The professor knows that Susie ca
distinguish colors. He proved it by max
ing revolving case OF boxes with NOV
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