. Our country in story . ;and that the earth is very much larger in size than anyone had ever believed it to be. Magellan had no near relatives, hence Elcano, who hadcompleted the great voyage, was given among other hon-ors, a coat-of-arms, representing a globe with the motto:Thou didst first sail around me. But it was Magellanwho had planned the great voyage and who had directed it-firmly through the whole unknown part of its route. Tohim alone belongs the glory of the first voyage around theworld, the greatest that was ever made. Questions for Thought .1. What was the meaning of that grand T
. Our country in story . ;and that the earth is very much larger in size than anyone had ever believed it to be. Magellan had no near relatives, hence Elcano, who hadcompleted the great voyage, was given among other hon-ors, a coat-of-arms, representing a globe with the motto:Thou didst first sail around me. But it was Magellanwho had planned the great voyage and who had directed it-firmly through the whole unknown part of its route. Tohim alone belongs the glory of the first voyage around theworld, the greatest that was ever made. Questions for Thought .1. What was the meaning of that grand Te Deum on Darien? 2. Show on the globe or on the map of the world, by meansof the Line of Demarcation, that the Spice Islands were in the Por-tuguese half of the world and not in the Spanish, as Magellanthought they were. 3. What do you admire most in Magellan as a hero? 4. What important facts did the enterprise of Balboa andMagellan prove to the world? Selections for Reading Balboa—Nora PerryDarien—Edwin Arnold Ill. ST. IGNACE THE STORY OF A GREAT RIVER1. A VISITOR FROM QUEBEC AT ST. IGNACE On the map of the United States look for two peninsu-las of Upper Michigan which approach each other fromthe north and south to within a distance of nearly fourmiles. They project midway between Lake Huron andLake Michigan, whose waters seem tobe forever playing catch with eachother through the Straits of the northern peninsula was locatedmany years ago the early Jesuit mis-sion of St. Ignace. The day on which our story beginswas the feast of the Immaculate Con-ception. The little bell of St. Ignace had ceased the open door of the mission church came thesounds of music and prayer. The altar was a blaze oflight. Before it knelt, with eyes raised to the SacredHost, a Jesuit missionary. About him were gatheredIndians of the Huron and Ottawa tribes and also a littlegroup of French traders and hunters. The rudely-built mission churches of those early dayswere often
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