[Professor Garner may be described literally as an inhabitant of 
Monkey Land; for ten years off and:on he has lived in the very 
heart of Africa studying the life and habits of Monkeys and Apes. ] 
CHIMPANZEE. 
OULD you like to go with me into Monkey Land and see its happy denizens 
In a state of nature? I am aware that you can go to a zoological garden or 
menagerie and see a few living specimens of the monkey tribe; but these poor little 
captives, shut up im iron cages are not fair examples of the race to which they 
belong. True, it is better to see them than to see none at all, but the conditions 
under which they lve are unnatural and the animals become so, too. The restraints 
under which they are placed hamper them faculties and modify their actions. The 
strong ones impose upon the weak, and the latter have no refuge from assault. Most 
of them live in a constant state of anger or distress. Changes of diet and clmate 
also greatly affect them. Jf you would know the social life and true character of 
these merry little waits you must go into their native haunts and live among them, under 
conditions to which nature has assigned them. 
Im the very beginning of my studies of the speech and habits of monkeys I 
became aware of certain obstacles which lay in the way of success, and in order to 
remove them I determined to go imto Monkey Land where I might learn thei speech 
and modes of life in their purest form. It was not my purpose to teach them 
anything, but it was to ascertain the innate faculties and resources of the mind with 
which they were endowed. 
As a safeguard against the dangers that infest the wild regions in which these 
harmless creatures live I devised a cage to live m. ‘This consisted of 24 panels of 
strong steel wire, woven into a lattice and framed in iron. LEach panel is 39 inches 
square, and weighs 17 pounds. They can be quickly bolted together or taken apart, 
and when erected they form a cube of six and a-half feet, equal to two metres 
square. This was set up on a framework of stakes and poles which raised it about 
three feet from the ground. Over the top of it was placed a roof of palm leaves, 
and the floor was made of loose boards steeped in tar, which was a partial protection 
against lightning and insects. In case of rain or storm I had some canvas curtains 
to hang up at the sides. 
The furniture consisted of a canvas bed, a swinging table and folding camp 
chair. During the day the bed was reefed to the wires of the cage so as to make 
room for the chair and table, and they, in turn, were folded up and put aside at 
night. In one corner was a small kerosine stove used for heating water and warming 
my food. In addition to these few effects were six tin packing cases in which were my 
wearing apparel, a supply of tinned food, camera and photographic supphes, stationery, 
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