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Threading Maze. — For maze or labyrinth experiments, the 

 same apparatus of the Hampton Court type was used which 

 Kinnaman (26) had formerly used with the monkeys. His 

 description is as follows: "My maze was 17 feet long, 13 feet 

 wide and 14 inches high. The alleys were one foot wide. The 

 whole was built of chicken wire fastened to wooden frames. 

 The central portion was not covered * * * "^he entrance 

 was at o. Numbers i-j indicate the blind alleys. The dotted 



The Hampton Coukt Maze 



line shows the most direct course through the maze. By the 

 shortest path it was 105 feet from the entrance to the food." 

 In the accompanying cut the numbers and letters correspond 

 with the above description. Most* of them are advantageoiisly 

 placed for discussing the behavior of an animal in the maze. 



The method of counting errors was similar to the methods of 

 most other experimenters with mazes, though not in accordance 

 with the recommendations of Miss Hicks (22) except as indi- 

 cated below. If the animal entered one of the seven blind 



