"A mariner's compass is divided into thirty-two points," he
informed Harriet. "In the first place, there are four cardinal points,
North, East, South and West. As you will see, by looking at the
compass card, it is divided into smaller points which are not named on
the card. I'll draw you a card to-night with all the points named,
then you can learn them. Until you do, you are not a sailor. For
instance, to read the compass, we begin with North and go on until we
have completed the circle of the card, naming each point and
sub-division as we go along. Then you should learn to read it backward
as well. After you have learned to do that I will show you how to lay
a course by a chart."
"I don't thee anything to read," said Tommy, squinting down at the
card.
"You are not taking the lesson, darlin'," Jane reminded her.
"This is the way to begin," Captain Billy told them. "First is North.
Then you say north one-quarter, one-half, three-quarters, then the
next sub-division is North by East with the same fractions of degrees.
We go on as you will see by following the card, as follows, North
Northeast; Northeast by North; Northeast; Northeast by East; East
Northeast; East by North; East. You proceed in exactly the same manner
with the other cardinal points, East, South and West, and that is what
is called 'boxing the compass.
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