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as the senses of hearing, taste, and sight could be neglected, 

 especially the latter, because the light was made to play as 

 evenly as possible on all parts of the glass jar, and on more than 

 one occasion the Newts showed that they did not really see their 

 way up, for they would "nose" along the roof to the very edge 

 of the opening in it, and then draw back again. M. cristata was 

 the species used. 



Table 5. 



No. of Test. 



Time. 



Observations. 



1. 



4 min 



Nosed in each storey. 



2. 



2 min. 30 sec 



3. 



1 min. 30 sec 





4. 



4 min 





5. 



2 min. 20 sec 



No nosing in c. 



6. 



3 min. 5 sec 





7. 







8. 



4 min 



Pronounced nosing, especially in 

 b and d. 







11. 



2 min 



Only nosed in b. 



Nosing only in b and d. Walked 



12-20. 



1 min. 30 sec.-4 min. 





15 sec. 



always to the left of the pillar in c. 

 In No. 19 it rose in right corner of 

 c, contrary to custom, but it crossed 

 over to left. The same thing oc- 

 curred in No. 20. 



21. 



1 min. 50 sec 



Eose in right corner of c, and went to 

 the right of pillar to the end of 

 No. 40. 



25-31. 



Imin. 55 sec-3 min. 



In b went left of pillar, in c right, and 

 in d left. Nosing very reduced, 



32. 





Delayed in b, nosing, and went right. 

 Similarly in Nos. 33 and 34. 



35. 



1 min. 15 sec 



In b went left, c-r (right), d-l (left). 

 Nosing in b and d. 



36. 



4 min. 44 sec 



In b-r, c-r, d-r. Nosing badly. 



37-10. 



1 min. 20sec.-4 min. 

 5 sec 



In b-l, in c-r, in d-l. Nosing less. 



41. 



3 min 



In b-l, in c-r, in d-r. In d turned 







as if for left, but fell into right 







corner, and so around. 



42. 





In b-l, in c-l, in d-l. Nosing badly 

 everywhere. 



43. 



8 min 



In b-l, in c-l, in d-r. Nosing badly. 







