“Sniff-Bottle” method of determining olfactory thresholds under conditions of adaptation to a second olfactory stimulus, as described by Cheesman and Mayne (1953), has been further developed. Their study was limited to the mutual adaptation effects of three substances. The original matrix of nine quantities, described as degrees of community of odour property, has been revised and extended to include a fourth stimulus-substance. It is suggested that the matrix now obtained shows a definite pattern characteristic of consistent mutual relationships between the substances. A number of shortcomings in the original technique are discussed, and the appropriate emendations described.
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