a golden chariot. Others looked upon it as a god and worshiped it.

"They soon learned that when it went away it was sure to come again, and
as they saw how regularly it moved, they felt there must be some power
back of it to guide it. Through this they were led to a belief in a Being
that controlled all things.

"They watched the shadows, too, and saw them change just as you see them
every day. They learned that the shadow is shortest when the day is half
gone, and they called that time midday. So, by studying the length and
direction of the shadows, they soon became able to judge the time of
day.

"Then some one thought to set up a rod and mark the places where the
shadow fell at sunrise, at sunset, and at midday. The space in between
was divided for the hours. This was called a sun dial and was the first
instrument ever made for telling time."

"When was the first one made?" asked Frank.

"That is not known," replied Uncle Robert, "but we read in the Bible of
the sun dial of King Ahaz, who lived about eight hundred years before
the time of Christ. That is the first record we have of one."

"How was it made?" asked Donald.

"I do not know how the one King Ahaz used was made," said Uncle Robert,
"but I can show you how one looked that I saw in an old garden in
England. This," drawing a half circle, "is the dial on which
the hours were marked. Around this dial there was a border, much