Richard Burton's Monkeys
The great explorer had a monkey school
During his time in India, explorer Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) collected 40 monkeys of different ages, species, and genders, and created an unusual "monkey school" where he attempted to learn their language.
Burton took this experiment quite seriously, giving each monkey an honorary title like "chaplain," "secretary," and "aide-de-camp."
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