is called an _isthmus_, which means
_neck_.
[Illustration: PICTURE OF A BAY.]
Here is another picture which I wish you to look at. You see where the
shore bends like a bow; and the water runs a little way into the land.
Can you think of anything else that is bent like this? Yes-a bay-window.
Now, when I tell yon that bay means the same as bow, you can almost
guess the name for this bend in the land. It is called a bay. You will
easily remember that little word.
[Illustration: MAP OF A BAY.]
A wide opening or bend in the land, into which the water flows, is
usually called a bay.
Sometimes, when the opening in the bend is long and narrow, it is called
a _gulf_.
On the next page is shown a narrow strip of water joining two larger
bodies of water. The name given to this narrow passage is strait, a word
meaning narrow.
As an isthmus connects two bodies of land, so a strait connects two
bodies of water.
[Illustration: PICTURE OF A STRAIT.]
After a rain make little lakes, rivers, bays, etc. Perhaps you may find
some already made.
See whether you can find in the magazines and books at home pictures of
gulfs, bays, peninsulas, etc.
_Write the following:_ A peninsula is land almost surrounded by water.
An isthmus is a neck of land joining two larger bodies of land.
A gulf or bay is a portion of some large body of water extending into
the land.
A strait is a narrow passage of water that joins two larger bodies of
water.
[Illustration: MAP OF A STRAIT.]
LESSON XXVII.
A TRIP TO THE HIGHLANDS.
Uncle Tom had been telling Fred and me about many strange places he had
seen. Last of all, he told us about some high mountains he had climbed.
We wanted to climb one very much. So father said he would go with us up
a high hill not far from the city.
Mother did not need to call us in the morning, for we woke up very
early. The sky in the east was bright, and we knew that soon we should
see the sun. We wanted to start at once, but mother said it would be
better to have breakfast first.
We put on thick shoes that the stones would not easily cut. Father gave
each of us a stout stick to help us climb. Fred had a knapsack, in which
mother put some bread, cold meat, crackers, and a cup to drink from. In
one corner we put some towels.
We were soon outside the city, walking along the road. We passed a
village, and went through fields and woods. By and by we could see the
land before us risin
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