New geographies . e securely anchorednear by to give warning to sailors. When the captain sees the light of alighthouse or light-ship, he knows thathe is nearing land and must be verycareful. How can he tell which lighthe sees when there are so many light- \s\\i. ,;j^«s««i-.«^»a=Ki ^SBBI > fcpoSnV ?™*^^|L^^^WHwSSipS^9S5 w^^, J n^ ^^ ^ ^ j^HH i^H^ ii IM jji^jH IB and describe a harbor; a bay; a point; a cape; a peninsula;an island; an isthmus; a strait. 52 HOME GEOGBAPHT houses ? That is not difficult, for thehghts are not all alike. Some are white,others red; some give a steady light,oth
New geographies . e securely anchorednear by to give warning to sailors. When the captain sees the light of alighthouse or light-ship, he knows thathe is nearing land and must be verycareful. How can he tell which lighthe sees when there are so many light- \s\\i. ,;j^«s««i-.«^»a=Ki ^SBBI > fcpoSnV ?™*^^|L^^^WHwSSipS^9S5 w^^, J n^ ^^ ^ ^ j^HH i^H^ ii IM jji^jH IB and describe a harbor; a bay; a point; a cape; a peninsula;an island; an isthmus; a strait. 52 HOME GEOGBAPHT houses ? That is not difficult, for thehghts are not all alike. Some are white,others red; some give a steady light,others turn around and, as they turn,send out flash after flash. There aremany different kinds, and the maps, orcharts, that all ships carry, tell thecaptain where each is placed. He alsoknows the special kind of lighthouse tobe found at the entrance to the harborfor which he is bound. In case of heavy fog, when the lights can-not be seen, powerful horns and whistles are. 4. Pilots Fig. 69. —A light-ship on which men live, keeping the light on the mastburning at night, and the fog whistle blowing in foggy weather. blown for a warning. The lighthouses andlight-ships are well provided with these, andthey are blown every few seconds, or minutes,according to the need. When sailors approachthe coast during foggy weather, they alwayslisten for the sound of the fog horn. By such helps as these a vessel finds its wayto the entrance of its own port. What a lone-some life those people who live in the light-houses and light-ships must lead, attending tothe lamps and giving warning in the fogs!But how important their work is in saving shipsfrom destruction on the wave-beaten coasts! The entrance, or channel, to a harboris often narrow, and some-times on each side there arereefs and shoals on which a vessel might be wrecked. It is necessary,therefore, that the channel be clearlymarked. This is done by placing hol-low iron buoys here and there. Thesefloat on the s
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