Science and Citizenship 



inhabited may be, there is always something new 

 to be observed, even in the shape and configura- 

 tion of the surface, for these are always changing ; 

 while the things and events, natural and human, 

 which are continuously happening (for these also 

 have to be mapped down), open up an endless 

 vista for the- future development of cartographic 

 science. Hence there is no more easy and natural 

 individual progress than for the school-boy be- 

 ginner to pass onwards from simple observation 

 of recorded phenomena to discovery of new ones. 

 Once begin in the right way and acquire which 

 is so easily done the right habits, and then the 

 position of discoverer, will be reached by a normal 

 and natural, an insensible and inevitable growth. 

 As elsewhere, it is the first step which costs, 

 and here it costs two shillings that being the 

 price of a " Bartholomew " pocket tourist map 

 for your own region. It will be on a scale of 2 

 miles to the inch, if you are fortunate enough to 

 be a Scotsman, and 4 miles to the inch if you 

 happen to have the disadvantage of living in 

 England. These maps you carry with you on 

 your walks, your bicycle rides, your river ex- 

 cursions ; and when you get back to the town or 

 city of your region, you go to the Public Library 

 where the largest ordnance maps are kept, and 

 you observe how the things you have seen are 

 noted or are not noted on these ordnance maps. 

 And if they are not noted, there and then you 

 begin your apprenticeship in scientific research in 

 seeking out other maps which record different 



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