Beard, Lina, Beard, Adelia B. (Adelia Belle), 1857-1920, joint author · New York, Scribner's · leaf 461
and sailors look for itto help them find their course through thewaters. Ursa Minor is turned in an opposite direction and position from the Great Bear, and the pose makes it easy for us to find the Pole star, because when we once trace out the stars of the Great Bear in the real sky we will see… … Fig. 619.—Ursa Minor;Little Bear. Making Friends With the Stars 421 and that we are stretching that string out from the Dipper starin a direct line; then we can tie the string on the Pole star inthe end of the Little Bears tail, as shown in Figs. 618 and 620,where the dotted line represents a…
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