. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . d of the needlesfailure to point to the north star, and hetold them of the wonderful countries thatthey would soon see, the home of spices andperfumes, of gold and jewels. He told themhow much land they would own and whatgreat lords they would become, and so day after day he ledthem on. Flocks of birds began to fly past, nearly all going to the south-west, and the course of the sliips was changed to fol-low their flight, in the hope that they were going toSigns of land the land. Fresh-water weeds were seen and abranch of thorn
. Our country's story; an elementary history of the United States . d of the needlesfailure to point to the north star, and hetold them of the wonderful countries thatthey would soon see, the home of spices andperfumes, of gold and jewels. He told themhow much land they would own and whatgreat lords they would become, and so day after day he ledthem on. Flocks of birds began to fly past, nearly all going to the south-west, and the course of the sliips was changed to fol-low their flight, in the hope that they were going toSigns of land the land. Fresh-water weeds were seen and abranch of thorn with berries on it. At last apiece of wood was picked up that some onehad carved. Then the sailors were almost aseager as their leader to find the unknowncountry, and one after another began to de-clare that he could see land, and to claim thereward promised by Ferdinand and Isabellato him who should first discover the farther shore. Columbusincreased the reward by the offer of a velvet doublet, but therewere so many of these false alarms that he declared no man. AN EARLY COMPASS COLUMBUS SHOWS THE WAY 9 who shouted Land! should receive the reward unless land was[liscovered within three days after the time when it had beenannounced. It seems only right that the great discovery should have beenmade by the admiral himself, and so it was, for one evening as he Land at laststood gazing into the west, he was sure that he saw a light that
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