Young folks' history of the United States . others to catch fish; others, to lookfor blackbirds nests among the reeds; others, to finda shorter route to the village or to the wonderful stories they tell their little sisters aboutthe things they have seen by the side of the lake! Bydegrees they know the whole shore very well, and canfind their way anywhere. Yet if they were to sit downat night to draw the outline of that shore from memory, — with all the ins and outs, all the bays and the islands, — no two would draw it alike ; and the different mapswould look very strangely si
Young folks' history of the United States . others to catch fish; others, to lookfor blackbirds nests among the reeds; others, to finda shorter route to the village or to the wonderful stories they tell their little sisters aboutthe things they have seen by the side of the lake! Bydegrees they know the whole shore very well, and canfind their way anywhere. Yet if they were to sit downat night to draw the outline of that shore from memory, — with all the ins and outs, all the bays and the islands, — no two would draw it alike ; and the different mapswould look very strangely side by side. Now, this is precisely the way it was with those who 46 HOW AMERICA WAS EXPLORED AND SETTLED. 47 first came to the shores of the North-American Con-tinent. Everybody wished to see the new country. EagernessEverybody who came saw something wonderful; and t^e^Neweach described even more wonders than he had seen, returning sailors told of giants and Amazons, ofcountries where the sands sparkled with gems, and (afkar.
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