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58 Boy Scouts The first attempt I mmie was with two st?c?s and & bucket of water. I m?anged the bucket in the d?yt_?me, so that it

could be filled from rim to rim; that is, it was level, and that 

gave me the horiz?n line;. next, I .fastened my two sticks together at an adjusti?ble ?ingle. Th?a? laying one stick across the bucket as a base,?[ rgised the other t?l the two sight notches on its upper edge we? ?' Sti?gl?t l?te' {or the Pole-star. The sticks were now fastened a? this. angle and put away till the morning. On a smooth board- the board is allowable becanse it can be found either far on the plains when you have your wagon, or on the ship at sea -- I mapped out, first a right angle, by the old plan of measuring off a triangle, whose sides were six, eight, and ten inches, and applied the star angle to tb?s. By aprocess of equal subdivision I got 45 degrees, 2a?t degrees? flually 4o degrees, which seemed to be the latitude of my camp; i.? subsequent looking-up showed it to be 4x degrees xo minutes. Of course, it is hard to imagine that the boy?. will ever be so ?lo?ed that it is important for them to take their latitude with me-made implements; but it is also hard to imagine circum- stances under which it would be nec__?s__ry to know that the sun is 92,ooo,ooo miles sway. It is very sure, however, tlmt& boy who has once done this has a larger idea of the world and its geography, and it is likely to help him in realizing tlmt Sundial, or hunter's dock there is some meaning to the lines and figures on the border of his school maps, and that they are not put there merely to acid to his perp',exities. ?,?,?,z? ?(?OO?[