TO THE PUpil:

1. Buoy (buoi or boi) is derived from a Latin word meaning to fetter or chain; so called because a buoy is chained to its place; a float moored to the bottom to indicate a shallow place or a ledge. Combinations means mixtures; route, (root or rout), road, path, or way; automatically means acting by itself; sector, that part of a circle enclosed by two radii and the arc of the circumference marked off by these radii.

2. Copy and learn the first stanza of the quotation from Southey (sowth'i or suthʼí).

TO THE TEACHER:

The development of the word buoy suggests an interesting lead. It is from the old French boie, a fetter, which came from the Latin boia, a halter (of ox-hide), and this in turn came from bos, an ox.

It would be well to illustrate sector on the Bb.

SIXTH DAY

Bright and early the next morning, the children were on deck, but Uncle Jack was there before them.

"Good morning, children," said he. "I hope you had a good night's rest.

"Good morning, Uncle Jack," said the three. "We were awakened some time in the night by the blowing of the steamer's whistle," Ben continued.

"Yes. We passed through a fog bank about seven bells last night. The quartermaster was blowing our whistle to warn other craft of our approach," said Uncle Jack.

"What time is seven bells, Uncle?" asked May. "Oh, pardon me, children. I forgot for the moment that you didn't understand our nautical tongue.

"Time is reckoned on shipboard by bells, from one to eight. Half-past twelve, for instance, is one bell, and for each additional half hour we add another bell. Twelve o'clock, four o'clock, and

eight o'clock are each called eight bells. So seven bells last night must have been half-past eleven o'clock."

"Oh, it makes my head ache! It's as bad as the nine times multiplication table, Uncle Jack," said May.

"Oh, no. It's very easy, child, when you understand it. Let me show you," said he. Taking a piece of paper and a lead pencil out of his pocket, he put down the following, the children watching him intently:

"Oh, that's easy, Uncle Jack. I understand it

now," said May.

"Isn't it a beautiful morning, Uncle Jack!" exclaimed Belle.

"Yes. But you should have been here when I first came on deck, children. I saw the most

beautiful sunrise,

day, I hope.

the forerunner of a pleasant Many a morning such as this have

I seen when at sea. To tell the truth, it makes me feel as if I should like to get back into a uniform and go to sea for Uncle Sam, once more. Like the poet, I feel a

LONGING FOR THE SEA."*

I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and

the sky,

And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white

sail's shaking,

And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide

Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;

And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume and the seagulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy

life,

To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;

*From "The Story of a Round House," by John Masefield. Copyright, 1912, by The Macmillan Company.

And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow

rover,

And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's

over.

There was silence for a few minutes, broken by Uncle Jack exclaiming: "Here come Father and Mother to take us down to breakfast! By the time we shall have finished, it will be about time to go ashore, for we are just abreast of the Boston Lightship, and that is nineteen miles from our pier." So everybody went down to breakfast.

When they came on deck again, they found that the boat had been made fast to the pier.

A hasty trip to their staterooms to secure their hand baggage, and then our party went ashore, got into a taxi-cab, and were on their way to the hotel. "At what hotel shall we stay?" asked Mother. "When I come to Boston I like to stay at 'The Hotel'," said Father.

And soon they were at "The Hotel."

"And now," said Mother, after they had been shown to their rooms, "I must do some shopping. I will take the girls with me, and you men folks may go off together."

"And where do I go, Mother?" asked Ben.