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To these three inherent conditions should be added an ex- 

 ternal one occurring too frequently to be ignored. If the sub- 

 ject made an exceptionally good record and attempted to excel 

 it in the one immediately following it, the second record often 

 fell below the average for that period, e.g., Subject K at the 12P 

 distributed the pack in 1 minute 5 seconds and in the next dis- 

 tribution the time was lengthened to 1 minute 20 seconds, a 

 loss of 15 seconds. This subject sustained such losses in six dif- 

 ferent records from 12P to 24P or in 50 per cent of the 12 periods. 

 All subjects had somewhat similar experience. B, J and H suf- 

 fered losses from this cause in from 60 to 70 per cent of the rec- 

 ords beyond 10P. The loss might occur in any distribution after 

 the second, and never before the third. Both I and E knew 

 how to profit by the warming up of ID and 2D and so how to 

 avoid the nervous "stir up" in fast records by not forcing the 

 habit in the subsequent ones. They had few hold ups (table 

 5). The subjects always volunteered to give this experience 

 when it occurred and their accounts checked with the time rec- 

 ord. The feelings mentioned as resulting were distrust in them- 

 selves, confusion and exasperation. 



Summary of the sources of feeling tones. Poor and good rec- 

 ords, minor blunders and achievements, substitutions and their 

 consequences (difficult cards) and the nature of the movements 

 were the common sources of feelings. Of the cards, the reports 

 show that the spades were the most active, then the diamonds, 

 followed by the hearts -with here and there a club. There re- 

 mains to be critically noticed the relation between movements 

 and feeling tones. 



c. Movements and feeling tones. The K-9-7-J system of 

 movements occurring in the second thirteen tended to collide 

 with a similar system in the third thirteen. The two systems 

 are shown in their relative positions in diagram 4. All subjects 

 having plan I experienced decided feelings when executing the 

 movements of either system. The diagram shows that the two 

 systems have many similarities, same numbered cards, con- 

 verging to the same point, J of C, and few small differences. 

 One movement was radically different and the suits of course 



