Show queer languages among tho the queerest languages used ly by human beings are those of gome ros roa in tile the canary islands and the Camer of west africa tile tho gomero I 1 converses with people a mile or so distant by whistling using both fingers and lips so expertly as to ox ex press all the signals required to make the conversation intelligible A came roon roan man uses a drub for the samo same purpose the instrument Is rather peculiar its being divided in to two unequal portions so that when it Is struck it yields two different notes with a code not unlike the taps of the telegraph elc graph system the natives make this drum express any syllable of their langu language ago |