The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1916-05-25
BACK Io.JUNcLES
TO talk TO APES
Professor Garner WIN Again
Try oteafn Monkey Speech

Try to tearn Monkey Speech
Monkey Proof Cage HE Home a. He
Gets chummy With Inhabitants Of
African Forssts-To Take Moving
Pictures Of Animals-uses Ammonia
~ Weapon.
"Our'h"-Hello.. there. my friend!
Where are you?
"Eunh"-Here / am under these
palms. not Tar away.
"Qhui"-Well. wait there a moment
I want to join you.
Which Is monkey talk, small chit
chat Of the African jungle. as inter-
preted by Professor Richard L. Car
ner. It is the talk Of the little apes
that swing by their tails. It is not
the talk OF the giant gorilla, which
walks upright like a man, or the talk
Of the ichimpanzee. OF their c%onversa-
tons, 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 a 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 ian onverse
with little monkeys and big. returning
their stare. but 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
photograph records for the recording
of monkey language. He will try to
capture two or three young gorillas for
the Bronx zoo and two or three young
chimpanzees as we'll.
II shall so to the French Kongo,"
said Professor Garner. 'and will estab-
lish headquarters in the Lake Fernan
Vaz basin, about two degrees south of
the equator and perhaps $50 miles in
land from the coast. Thereafter I
shall work inland to about 500 miles
from the coast. As on my former ex-
petitions, l 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 q
covering Of branches and leaves. With
in the cage l shall have all of my nec-
essary equipment for a long vigil-re-
~volvers. a magazine rife. three moving
picture cameras, an ammonia squirt
gun to discourage too inquisitive prowl-
ers. my-food supply. and SO on.
Gorillas to Be Lured.
II know OF a pineapple plantation
that will exactly suit my purposes, and
l plan to lure within this plantation
and to my cage many gorillas. You
cannot find a gorilla merely by plung-
Ing into the jungle after him. You
must bring him to you by the lure Of
food. BY calls he understands. by scents
agreeable to him. Naturally l expect
to get some wonderful moving pictures
and to capture several young gorillas
and chimpanzees. l have arranged
with the Smithsonian institution to
have one Of their, men accompany me
or to Join me after l have made my
arrangements In the jungle. He will
assemble a collection for the institu-
tion.
II am especially anxious to- capture
4 young chimpanzee which can be
trained q satisfactorily as was Susie.
which Ispresented to the Bronx .
several years ago. She died q year
ago In an epidemic. Susie could do
about anything that a four-year-old
child could do. She could assemble
g~eonaetrical fgures. both plane and5sol-
i'd: could count up to three perfectly
and up to four imperfectly; could Sc
lect six, colors and understood and
obeyed at least $50 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 Oh. and
experiments have shown that ! was
correct IN my deductions about the
ability Of apes to convey ideas by
means OF the spoken word"
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