Show conversation WITH MONKEYS A ajla old frenchman who was up i la ta the of apt apes in 1857 says prof evans eans in the popular science monthly jules richard bichard had occasion to visit a sick friend in a hospital where he made the acquaintance of an old official of the tion from the south of france who was exceedingly fond fend of animals his love of them being equaled only by his hii hatred of priests he claimed also to be perfectly familiar with the language of cats and dogs and to speak peak s the language of apes even better tha than the apes themselves jules richad richard received this statement with an incredulous smile whereupon the old man whose pride prida was evidently touched by such skepticism invited him t to 0 come the following morning to the zoological garden 1 I met him at the appointed place says mr richard a and nd we went together to the monkeys cage where he lea leaned n ed on the outer railing andleman and legan to utter a succession c of guttural gat tural sounds which alphabetical phabe signs are scarcely adequate to represent Kir ruu kir rikie rilde furuki kiri klu repeated with slight variations and differences of accentuation in a few minutes the whole company of monkeys a dozen in number assembled and satin sat in rows b before him with their hands crossed in their laps or resting on their knees laughing gesticulating and answering the conversation contin continued tied for a full quarter of bf an hour to the intense delight of the monkeys who took a lively part in it As their interlocutor was about to go away they all became intensely excited climbing up the balustrade us and uttering cries of lamentation when he finally departed and disappeared more and more from their view they ran up to the top of the cage and clinging to the frieze mad maddt na ir iiley were vere hiddink him goodby good by it seemed adds mr richard a adas as though they wished to say meet again and if you can cant t come do drop us a line |