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on account of their age. Little difference in behavior was noted 

 between them and the three hundred day animals. 



Too few rats have been used to make this group really com- 

 parable with the rest, but averages and totals are nevertheless 

 shown. Trials varied in number from eighteen to fifty-six, ab- 

 solute time from five and four tenths seconds to seventeen and 

 eight tenths seconds, total time from one hundred and sixty- 

 seven minutes to eleven hundred and sixty-seven minutes, and 

 total distance from one hundred seventy-two and eight tenths 

 meters to six hundred forty-one and six tenths meters. 



Again there is no relation apparent between trials and time 

 or distance, and total time and total distance do not bear a 

 proportional relation to each other. (Table VI). The rat which 



Rat 



TABLE VI 



Five Hundred Day Rats 



4 males — 7 females 



Trials 



Absolute 

 Time Distance time 



(sees.) (cm.) (sees.) 



