On this second rod the colours, etc., were placed in succession, the object being to excite the child to reach for them.

So far from being distasteful to the infant, I found that, with pleasant suggestions thrown about the experiments, the whole procedure gave her much gratification, and the affair became one of her pleasant daily occupations.

After each sitting she was given a reward of some kind.

I give the results, both for colour and distance, of 217 experiments.

Of these 111 were with five colours and 106 with ordinary newspaper (chosen as a relatively neutral object, which would have no colour value and no association, to the infant).
_Colour._--The colours range themselves in the order of attractiveness--blue, red, white, green, and brown.