A sketch map, not made to scale or true as to direction or distance, but giving enough accurate information to serve in guiding a stranger truly, can be made very quickly and easily if the district sketched has been observed closely. Observation is at the root of map making. [Illustration: MAP OF GIRL SCOUT CAMP MADE BY SCOUT] The reproduced sketch of a map made by Girl Scout, will be a guide to the Scout who is learning how to tell a story by symbols. THE COMPASS The Mariner's Compass is an instrument which shows where the North, and other directions, are. Boxing the Compass consists in enumerating the points beginning with North and working around the circle as follows: NORTH North by East North, Northeast Northeast by North Northeast Northeast by East East, Northeast East by North EAST East by South East, Southeast Southeast by East Southeast Southeast by South South, Southeast South by East SOUTH South by West South, Southwest Southwest by South Southwest Southwest by West West, Southwest West by South WEST West by North West, Northwest Northwest by West Northwest Northwest by North North by West NORTH How to Find Points of Compass Without a Compass Every Scout should be able to find the North without a compass. By day the sun will tell you where the North is, and the stars by night. How to Tell the Points of the Compass by the Sun The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Any time before noon, if you stand facing the sun, North is at your left hand: after noon, if you face the sun, North is at your right hand. The Phoenicians, who sailed round Africa in ancient times, noticed that when they started the sun rose on their left-hand side--they were going south. Then they reported that they got to a strange country where the sun got up in the wrong quarter, namely on their right hand. The truth was that they had gone round the Cape of Good Hope and were steering north again up the coast of Africa. [Illustration: Mariner's Compass] Probably the most accurate way to find North, if you have no compass, is to use an open-faced watch. Holding the watch flat, turn it so that the small or hour hand points directly toward the sun. The South will then be half way between the hour hand and the figure XII on the dial. Before noon the halfway point is between the hour hand and XII clockwise, and after noon it is between the hour hand and XII counter-clockwise. How to Find North by the Stars