AMONG THE MONKEYS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 8, Issue 95, 20 April 1916, Page 2

AMONG THE MONKEYS.

Professor Richard L. Garner, who several years- ago made a study of the language of tli e apes in the African forests, Avill soon again take up his temporary residence in a steel cage in the Frerreh Congo region to resume his scientific studies of the gorilla and c-iimpanzee. His trip is under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution at "Washington, and of the New York Zoological Society. Professor Gamer will attempt to- increase his vocabulary of words used by the apes, and will carry phonograph. • records to record the language of monkeys. The scientist wi'd construct a cage of steel rods 5-Kith of an inch in diameter, enclosed by a netting of steel wire, on a pineapple plantation in the Lake Fernan Vax basin, about two degrees south of the equator, and 150 miles from the coast. The cage will be covered with branches and leaves, and Professor Garner will live in it while pursuing his studies.