Arcturus Or The Bright Star in Bootes Author:Catharine Maria Sedgwick Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHRI8TMAS ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE EQCATOB. CHAPTER in. Truths preserved in Memory always ready for use — The Seasons — Imaginary lines, and real r... more »esults — Harry finds Astronomy not so dry and disagreeable as he was led to suppose — The Earth flat at the Poles only — The rolling Sailor becomes a representative man by exhibiting the Earth's progress round the Sun — A difference in latitude resulting in Grapes at Christmas — Interruptions to Study — Harry's annoyance — His Mamma consoles him. Now, mamma, we are once more quiet and alone, and I have thought over all yousaid yesterday evening, and learned the signs of the Zodiac besides. fT?j You were right to commit them to memory; they will be ready for use when wanted. T5) What is a zone ? j-""— " t. ?f. A belt; the leathern girdle you have round your waist represents a zone, or belt. Now let us converse about the seasons. First I will draw a line round the orange which shall represent the equator, because it will divide the orange into two equal parts—hemispheres as these halves are called. JBf Then the ends of the pencil passing through the two halves will serve for poles ? (fif?j Just so ; but all these lines, remember, are imaginary; I cannot persuade this orange to move round the lamp, revolve on its axis, and present first one hemisphere, then the other to the light, unless I use some physical power; God does all this without the aid of any visible power, so that the ball on whichwe are placed, rolls on without ceasing through space, because He has commanded it should do so, supported only by His almighty will. JjjJi. Oh, mamma, how wonderful all this is ! how glad I am I have made a beginning ! I think I shall like astronomy more and more every day. (®fgji The more you study the works...« less