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imitators, of course, had previously failed to form the asso- 

 ciation of themselves. F denotes failure to perform the act : 



TABLE 4 



Thus out of all these cases only one did the act in spite of 

 the ample chance for imitation. I have no hesitation in 

 declaring 82*5 act in stepping on the platform the result 

 of mere accident, and am sure that any one who had watched 

 the experiments would agree. 



IMITATION IN CATS 



By reference to the previous descriptions of apparatus, it 

 will be seen that box D was arranged with two compart- 

 ments, separated by a wire screen. The larger of these had 

 a front of wooden bars with a door which fell open when a 

 string stretched across the top was bitten or clawed down. 

 The smaller was closed by boards on three sides and by the 

 wire screen on the fourth. Through the screen a cat within 

 could see the one to be imitated pull the string, go out 



