We may more closely approximate the ordinary experiment of the muscle-reader by giving the subject some object to hide, say a knife, and then asking him to place his hand upon the automatograph, and to think intently of the place of concealment. As before there is a movement of the hand; and on the basis of the general direction of this movement one may venture a prediction of the direction in which the knife lies. The results will show all grades of success, from complete failure to an accurate localizing of the object; but as good a record as Fig. 8 is not infrequent. As indicated by the letters and the arrow, the hand moved irregularly toward the hidden knife. In this case the eyes are closed, and the concentration of the attention is maintained by a mental effort without the aid of the senses. The peculiar line of Fig. 9 was obtained in an experiment in which a book was slowly carried about the room, the subject being required to read continuously from the page. It is evident that the hand followed the movement of the attention, not in a circle but in an irregular outline closing in upon itself; the change in posture which this process involved has an undoubted influence upon the result. [Illustration: FIG. 10.--COUNTING PENDULUM OSCILLATIONS. Time of record, 120 seconds. Direction of the attention →. Subject facing →. Illustrates slow and indirect movement. The points, 1, 2, 3, 4, indicate the position of the writing-point, 30, 60, 90, and 120 seconds after the record was started.] [Illustration: FIG. 11.--COUNTING THE STROKES OF A METRONOME. Time of record, 70 seconds. The points, 1, 2, 3, 4, indicate the positions of the writing point at 15, 30, 45, and 60 seconds after the record was begun. Direction of the attention →. Subject facing →. Illustrates slight hesitation at first and then a rapid movement toward the object of attention. Reduced to ¾ size.] [Illustration: FIG. 12.--COUNTING THE STROKES OF A METRONOME. Time of record, 90 seconds. Direction of attention →. Subject facing →. Illustrates initial directness of movement followed by hesitancy.]