SOUND OF THE GUN 13 



the sound occasionally until his education is complete, taking 

 good care that ths discharge of the gun is at once followed by 

 something pleasing to him — his dinner, for instance — or let it 

 be a prelude to giving him his lib: rty, thus giving him to un- 

 derstand that the noise means something, and soon the noise, 

 or even the sight of the gun, will cause him pleasurable emo- 

 tions that he will never forget. 



