Conversing With Animals.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 13, 27 March 1912, Page 16

Conversing With Animals.

A certain Charles Kellogg, of California, has appeared at Cambridge with the object of convincing the Harvard faculty of his ability to talk with animals. His life has been spent among the -Sierra Nevadas, and his studies include the vocal sounds made by bears, squirrels, lizards, rattlesnakes, and crickets. Indeed, he claims proficiency in fifteen animal languages. He has a peculiar palate, with no tonsils, and entirely lacks the cord connecting the teeth with the lips. To these peculiarities he partly ascribes the ease with which he imitates the sounds of insects and animals. Some of his observations and ideas are at least interesting, if not convincing.