Money talk.
In ijelpertb -his brother, Professor (rattier . has written.; that he has succeeded beyond his wildest antioipiitiori'^in. 'the.; experiments which ihe has been making among thejaonkeys in Africa with a view says^hat "he "lias" how ■"nearly -two hundred nidhlcßy !^ords, and thinks there dX*& not^nibfe '■ than -twenty or thirty words which he has not baen able to . get hold of. Apart fronf theif ,o^vn : language, the Professor h'as.beqonie the proud possessor of a. chimpanzee that can say i( Tenakoe pakeha " (Maori for '.Good day,: stranger."),: a gorilla that knows about twenty words of Fijian, and- a female ou rang ou tang that has picked up ■"■ Dqnher und blitzeri ' ' from his 1 ' Qerinan vajet, with whom she has shawiii signs of having fallen in love.
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Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1893, Page 3
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125Money talk. Manawatu Herald, 10 June 1893, Page 3
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