116 K. S. LASHLEY AND JOHN B. WATSON 



ear and pulls his head over to one side, looking for fleas. The 

 baby cried out, a high-pitched, metallic squeak like that of a 

 rat. The mother clasps him tightly for a moment in both hands, 

 then resumes her search for fleas. The baby grows restless, 

 stops nursing, and moves his head about, his eyes open. He 

 is not able to hold or turn his head steadily. 



6.1 5 P. M. The baby sits on the ground, still clasped in the 

 mother's arms. His thighs are drawn up until the knees are 

 almost even with his spine. 



6.30 P. M. Dolly carries him constantly and keeps her back 

 turned towards us most of the time. 



6.40 P. M. Found her seated on the edge of the water bucket, 

 a large galvanized garbage pail, trying to drink. When she 

 stoops over the baby is in danger of dipping in the water. She 

 makes several unsuccessful attempts to drink, but finally gives 

 up and goes to the shelf. She almost immediately settled down 

 for the night. Both went to sleep in about the position de- 

 scribed before. 



We were not able to disturb the baby by shrill whistling or 

 to get him to attend to movement. The times when he looked 

 around were very short, only a few seconds, and his eyes did 

 not seem to be directed toward any particular object. 



July 12. 7.00 A. M. Both were found still in the sleeping 

 position. Dolly spends 10 or 15 minutes looking for fleas, then 

 climbs down from the shelf and comes to the gate. She leaves 

 the baby to cling fast by himself, instead of supporting him 

 with her hand as she did yesterday. He holds with all four 

 paws, one around her left foreleg. When he looses hold, as he 

 frequently does, she lifts him back into place but does not sup- 

 port him there. 



The baby seemed restless when one whistled within a foot 

 of his ear, moved his head about, and finally looked around 

 indefinitely, ' but did not appear to localize the sound. He 

 would not follow a moving object with his eyes. 



Dolly offered herself to Jim, the large male in the yard and 

 father of the baby, for copulation, resting the baby on the 

 ground and crouching over him. 



5-.00 P. M. Found her lying stretched out in the position of 

 a sleeping cat, with the baby resting on the ground against her 

 breast. 



