Show tribute to father neptune tile the ceremony that takes on board ship on crossing the equator Is known as crossing the line and la is performed for those who have hae never crossed the equator before it Is a iery very ancient practice and was aroh ably begun as a worship of some gome deity I 1 the greeks sacrificed on nearly every ever prominent cape during the middle oges ages the ceremony of receiving a visit from neptune lind find come into proud nence neace it was not performed at the equator but on arriving in the cro cross lus lug the arctic circle etc it Is not mentioned in connection with any of the voyages of columbus but in 1520 the french created a sort of or der of known as chevaliers Chev aliers allers do de a n |