Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1901 — Conversation in the Jungle. [ARTICLE]

Conversation in the Jungle.

Paul du Challlu has lined long enough in the jungles to have the most wholesome respect for the intelligence of animals, and when asked if he believed that animals talk to one another, he replied in the affirmative. “Does a mankey, for Instance,” inquired one of his hearers, “have a certain word or expression for ‘water?’ ” “Perhaps not for watey,” said Mr. Du Challlu, "for monkeys in their natural state very seldom orlnk water. They eat berries and fruits which contain water; but there is no doubt that animals talk in certain ways among themselves.” .This statement be prepared to demonstarate. "I have heard one gorilla call Another which .was seven or eight miles away, when the first had found some berries in profusion, and 1 have seen monkeys deliberate among themselves a long time before making an Important move. “That reminds me that animals have to work hard to get a living, even Id forests where there is an abundance of vegetation. Some animals travel miles every day to get food, and then have all sorts of trouble in picking out a safe spot In which to rest for the night That is where the elephants have hard wtrrk —in selecting a spot to rest. They seem to have the same hatred for snakes which human beings and most animals have. They will carefully trampje over a large section to drive away or kill any snakes or small animals that may be around/’, 4 1 i l