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way of escape. On this account I made it a rule to begin 

 the time record with the appearance of active running about. 

 The daily average time of escape as indicated in the table 

 does not decrease regularly and rapidly. On the fourth day, 

 which was the first on which all three of the dancers returned 

 to the cage by way of the ladder of their own initiative in 

 both tests, the average is 214 seconds. In contrast with this, 



