REACTIONS TO LIGHT IN CIMATES AND FLAGELLATES. 



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shall have to keep in mind two questions : First, how is the position 

 of orientation brought about? Second, what is the real stimulus in 

 producing orientation ? 



To answer the first question we must observe the movements of the 



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oro-anism at the time orientation occurs. Observation of the individ- 

 uals as they are becoming oriented shows that orientation is brought 

 about through the same motor reaction that we have already described ; 



* Fig. 24. — Path followed by Euglena when the direction of the light is 

 changed. From i to 2 the organism swims forward in the usual spiral path. 

 At 2 the position of the source of light is changed, so that it now comes from 

 behind. The organism then begins to swerve farther than usual toward the 



