I began with too many children, and we had six whom the mothers afterwards confessed they sent to _wean_.

These not only cried themselves, but set all the others crying also, and we regretted having begun the experiment.

At length, driven almost to despair, it became evident that something new must be done to still the tumult.

As an expedient, I elevated a cap on a pole, which immediately attracted their attention and occasioned silence.

Thus I obtained a clue to guide me, and my mind instantly perceived one of the most fundamental principles in infant teaching, in fact of most teaching, and which long experience has proved true, and that is, to appeal to the SENSES of the children.