father's voyage was longer or shorter than this.

2. Measure with a band of paper the distance on the globe from the
Equator on one side to the Equator on the other. Find half this distance
and mark it on the globe. Then mark the same distance on the other side
of the Equator. The points which you have marked are called the
_Poles_. One is the _North Pole_; the other is the _South
Pole_.

3. Learn: _We divide the land of the earth into five great parts;
each of these parts is called a continent. There are five
continents_--_Europe, Asia, Africa, America, Australia. We divide
the water of the earth into five great parts. Each of these parts is
called an ocean. There are five oceans_--_Atlantic, Pacific,
Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic. The Arctic Ocean is round the North Pole;
the Antarctic Ocean is round the South Pole_.