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put through. This is due to No. 4 alone, however, for No. 3 

 (put through) made a record of 9 seconds, while No. 2 (not put 

 through) made a record of 26 seconds. Box 11, with its five 

 fastenings, gave an average of 34 seconds for those put through, 

 as against 24 seconds for those not put through. This is due to 

 No. I's remarkably short time, 12 seconds, on the first trial, and 

 to No. 3's difficulty in learning the box. The full record of No. 

 3's learning makes Box 11 give rather conclusive evidence in favor 

 of putting through. After being put through six times No. 3 suc- 

 ceeded with Box 1 1 eighteen times consecutively. The next 

 morning he failed after twenty-five minutes to pull one of the loops, 

 though he worked the other fastenings. Although he was evi- 

 dently already hungry and worked hard to escape he was left 

 untried for two hours to see whether increased hunger would help 

 him. When next tried he failed after eleven minutes, was put 

 through ten times and succeeded in forty seconds, then in forty- 

 four, then in twenty-nine, and so on. The next morning he failed 

 after seven minutes, was put through six times, then succeeded m 

 twenty-three seconds. The next morning he failed in five 

 minutes, was put through twice and then succeeded in thirty sec- 

 onds. The next morning he failed on the same loop, was put 

 through once and succeeded always thereafter, steadily reducing 

 his time. Now this is, in many respects, the poorest record for 

 No. 3 or for any other of the raccoons and I fancy the reader is 



