Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-30 | Page 4 | D' Annunzio to Offer Book About Dogs' Lives

to Offer Book About Dogs Dogs' Lives The average man or woman who likes animals and is convinced that his hisor or her pet understands a half halt dozen dozen doz doz- en familiar commands may be surprised surprised sur sur- sur to learn that several animal dict dictionaries have been written Gabriele the Italian poet has announced that he will include include in in- clude dude a complete glossary of at the Canine canine canine ca ca- nine language in m his new book Lives of Illustrious Dogs The book is to tobe tobe tobe be modeled after Plutarch's Lives Other animals whose vocabularies have been recorded arc the monkey the horse and the cat An American woman Miss Blanch W. W V. V Learned was responsible for lor classifying 3 terms of the chimpanzee together with the meaning of oC each Other scientists have tabulated 12 words of the marmoset marmoset mar mar- language and 14 of the gibbons gibbons gib gib- gib- gib bons hons The horse Is said to speak with six words and three kinds of neigh neigh- ing Cats produce 15 sounds according accord accord- jog ing to the experts each with its distinct distinct dis dis- interpretation There are 12 words in the hens hen's vocabulary and 5 in the roosters From all aU this it seems that it is high time that the phrase our dumb friends went into discard It was always always al ale alewa's al- al ways was a libel