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b. Found many whales. 



c. Stopped by ice on second voyage. 

 3. Muscovy Company discouraged. 



a. Decide to make money from whales. 

 III. Hudson employed by the Dutch East India Company. 



An original outline follows, showing how slowly the 

 pupil's mind grasps the large headings which are to be sub- 

 divided. Details stand out unrelated to a main topic. No 

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II. 

 MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH 



I. Difficulties before the invention of the telegraph. 



I. Mail carried on horseback. 

 II. Morse sent to Yale College. 



1. Interested in electricity. 



2. Becomes a painter. 



III. In 1832 Morse sails to Europe. 



IV. Morse plans the telegraph. 



V. Morse becomes a professor in 1835. 

 VI. Morse meets young Vail.. 



I. Experiment by Vail and Morse. 

 VII. Judge Vail decides to give Morse money. 

 VIII. Vail improves Morse's invention. 

 IX. Judge Vail growing discouraged. 

 X. Telegraph proves successful. 

 XI. Congress gives Morse money. 

 XII. Puts wires underground but fails. 

 XIII. In 1844 Miss Ellsworth sent first message over the 

 wires. 



