_thief--night_
_lion--pocket-book_

_Lion--pocket-book_ is not found in the frequency tables, and is,
therefore, an individual reaction; _thief--pocket-book_, however,
is found there; _pocket-book_ is, therefore, classed in this case
as an association to preceding stimulus.

_table--fork_
_dark--mutton_

_Dark--mutton_ is not found in the frequency tables;
_table--mutton_ is also not found there in the direct order, but
is found in the reverse order, viz.: _mutton--table; mutton_ is,
therefore, classed in this case as an association to preceding
stimulus.

*Association to Preceding Reaction.*--If either the reaction in
question or the preceding reaction happens to be one of the stimulus
words in our list, and a relationship between the two be found to
exist by reference to the frequency tables--whether in direct or in
reverse order--the reaction in question is classed as an association
to preceding reaction. This is illustrated by the following examples:

_eating--table_
_mountain--floor_

_Mountain--floor_ is an individual reaction; _table--floor_