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GEOGRAPHICAL PRIMER. 
Il. —DIRECTION ON MAPS AND GLOBES. 
Map makers put on the globe and on maps, two sets of 
lines to enable us to see the direction of places and coun- 
tries from each other, as well as their location. "hey are 
north-and-south lines, and east-and-west lines. On the globe, 
as the picture of the hemispheres shows, the north-and-south 
lines all meet in two Doints. 
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The Earth in Hemispheres 
Direetions are shown on maps and globes by two 
sets of lines crossing each other. 
North-and-south lines eross the map from top to bot- 
tom, and are called meridians, 
On the globe the meridians all meet in two points. 
the north pole and the south pole. 
"The eunst-and-west lines cross the map from side to 
side, and are called parallels, 
The line extending around the globe, half way be- 
tween the poles, is the equator. 
Toward the top of the map, along a meridian, is 
north; toward the bottom, south,