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And think that they are more than that; for they 

 are also a guide to the sailor, showing him by 

 night and by day just how to steer his vessel in 

 order to reach the home-land, the land which he 

 loves the best. 



BLACKBOARD WORDS. 



Farallones (far'al-lonz), inurre (mer), rookeries (ruk'er- 

 iz), cormorant (kor'mo-rant), puffin (ptif fin), decreasing 

 (de-kres'Ing). 



BIRD ROCKS. 



