Advanced Geography . East-and-west lines go round the earth incircles. The largest of these circles is midwaybetween the poles and is called the equator,because it divides the surface of the earth intotwo equal parts. All east-and-west lines runparallel with the equator. When we face thenorth pole, east is along the lines to the right,and ivest to the left. Of course there are no real circles to be seen on theearth, but we may imagine such lines and name or num-ber them. We shall find that these lines are very use-ful in, helping to locate places on the globe. Theequator is far south of us. If
Advanced Geography . East-and-west lines go round the earth incircles. The largest of these circles is midwaybetween the poles and is called the equator,because it divides the surface of the earth intotwo equal parts. All east-and-west lines runparallel with the equator. When we face thenorth pole, east is along the lines to the right,and ivest to the left. Of course there are no real circles to be seen on theearth, but we may imagine such lines and name or num-ber them. We shall find that these lines are very use-ful in, helping to locate places on the globe. Theequator is far south of us. If we were near it we couldsee the sun overhead, or nearly so, at noon every regions near the equator have no winter. The hot season lastsall the year. Snow and ice are not found there, except on the tops 1 To teachers : Pupils should know how to find the points of the compassby midday shadows and by the north star. Doubtless this work has beendone in the lower grades ; if not, a brief oral lesson will Map C. Which arrows point
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