yS BAILEY: SENSE OF TASTE AMONG INDIANS. • 



Some of the Indians tested were able to compete with the average 

 of the whites in tasting small amounts of substances, while some 

 seemed to know very little what taste meant. Some could with diflfi- 

 culty detect the difference between a strong bitter and a strong acid 

 substance. As was anticipated there was difficulty in distinguishing 

 between the alkali and the salt solutions, and this largely accounts for 

 the relatively small figure representing the amount of salt that can 

 be detected. In making the tests the solutions were poured from a 

 bottle into a spoon and the experimenter was allowed to swallow the 

 licpiid if he chose. \'ery few did this however, but seemed to trust 

 moree specially to the nerves about the tip of the tongue. If several 

 spoonsful of each liquid had been swallowed it might have added to 

 the delicacy of the tests. 



