The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-03-30

Pictures of AnimaIs-Uses Ammonia
as Weapon.
"Ourh" Hello, there. my friendl
Where are you?
"Eunh"-Here | am under these
palms. not far away.
"Qhui'-Well. wait there a moment.
[ want to join you.
Which is monkey talk, small chit
| chat of the African jungle, as inter-
preted by Professor Richard L. Gar
ner. 1t is the talk of the little apes
| that swing by their tails 1t is not
| the talk of the giant gorilla, which
walks upright like a man. or the talk
| of the chimpanZee. OF their conversa-
lions, however. he has some samples.
Within ten days or two weeks. may
be, Professor Garner will sail from
New York for the French Kongo. his
scientific hunting ground. He goes
partly on his own account to pursue
his studies of ape language and partly
on behalf of the Smithsonian institu-
ton and the Bronx zoo. for each of
which he expects to obtain a collection
OF invaluable animals and natural his
tory specimens
In Monkey Proof Cage.
For nearly twenty-five years Profess |
sOr Garner has been going to Africa TO .
imprison himself in a cage. too strong !
for even the mighty arms of gorillas to |
rend apart, while he listened night and .
day to catch the strange infections of
the ape voice. Now he can converse
with little monkeys and big, returning
their stare. bur there is much that re-
mains to be learned.
He has many big ideas for his new
expedition. The study of ape language
is his first scientific aim. He will at
tempt to increase his vocabulary of
monkey words. He will take with him
phOnograph records for the recording
of monkey language. He will try to
capture two or three young goriIlas for
the Bronx zoo and two or three young
as well.
Il shall 20 to the French Kongo."
said Professor Garner. and will estab-
fish headquarters In the Lake Fernan
Yaz basin. about two degrees south of
the equator and perhaps 100 miles in
hand from the coast. Thereafter
shall work inland to about 800 miles
from the coast. As on my former ex-
petitions, shall construct a strong
cage of stout steel rods about five-six-
teenths of an inch in diameter, the |
whole inclosed by q netting of steel
wire. The cage will be disguised by :
covering of branches and leaves. With
in the cage | shall have all of my nee
essary equipment for long vigil-re &
volvers. a magazine rifle, three moving j
picture cameras an ammonia squirt
gun to discourage too inquisitive prowl-
ers. my food supply, and so on.
Gorias 20 Be lured.
II know of Il pineapple plantation
that will exactly suit my purposes. and
| plan to lure within this plantation
and to my cage many gorillas. You I
find gorilla merely by plung v
ing into the jungle after him. You n
must bring him to you by the lure of p
food. by calls he understands. by scents n
agreeable to him. Naturally | expect T
to get some wonderful moving pictures \
and to capture several young gorillas
and chimpanZeeS. | have arranged
with the Smithsonian institution to -
have one of their men accompany me
or TO join me after have made my
in the jungle. He will I
assemble II collection for the institu-
tion.
81 am especially anxious TO capture
a young chimpanzee which can be n
trained as satisfactorily as was Susie. I
which | presented to the Bronx zoo d
several years ago. She died year ,
ago in an epidemic. Susie could do
about anything that a four year-old
child could do. she could assemble 4
geometrical figures. both plane and SOL {
id: could count up TO three perfectly
and up to four imperfectly; could Sc b
lect six colorS and understood and .
Obeyed at least 100 commands and
about 800 words.
This will be the most important ex-
petition ! ever attempted. Twenty
five years ago scientists used to laugh
at my opinions but they don't any
longer. The novelty has worn off. and =
experiments have shown that was
correct in my deductions about the !,
ability of apes to convey ideas by
means of the spoken word"