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<div class="chaptext" id="l4"><SPAN name="less4"></SPAN> <div class="lesson">LESSON IV.</div> <div class="chaphead">HOW THE COMPASS SHOWS DIRECTION.</div> <p>But there are times when it is cloudy, and neither the sun nor the stars can be seen. How can we tell direction then?</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/006_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill6"><ANTIMG src= "images/006.jpg" border="0" alt="A COMPASS." /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">A COMPASS.</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Have you ever seen a compass? It is a box in which is a little needle swinging on the top of a pin. When this needle is at rest, one end of it <i>points to the north</i>.</p> <p>As the needle shows where the north is; it is easy to find the south, the east, or the west.</p> <p>With the compass as a guide, the sailor, in the darkest night, can tell in what direction he is going.</p> <p>North, south, east, and west are called the <i>chief points</i> of the compass.</p> <table summary="illustration" width="100" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><SPAN href="images/007_l.gif" target="_blank" id="ill7"><ANTIMG src= "images/007.jpg" border="0" alt="POINTS OF THE COMPASS" /></SPAN></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <div class="caption">POINTS OF THE COMPASS</div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>Other directions are northeast, halfway between north and east; northwest, halfway between north and west; southeast, halfway between south and east; and southwest, halfway between south and west.</p> <p><i>Write on your slates:</i></p> <p>The chief points of the compass are north, south, east, and west.</p> <p>Other directions are northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest. Sailors find their way over the ocean by the help of the compass.</p> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />