Logan Republican | 1915-06-22 | Page 8 | "the Seven Seas"

"The 8even Seat." Tho phnso "Tho Soven Seas" has been current for somo tlmo was so current when Kipling univorsalizod It nearly tweuty years ngo to denoto nil tho groat waters of tho oarth. Its use divides Into soven parts tho "tripartite ocean (tho Atlantic, Pacific, nnd Indian In-dian oceans) ns tho North nnd South Atlantic, tho North nnd South l'nclflc, tho Indian, tho Arctic, aud tlio Antarctic An-tarctic oceans. It Is Interesting to noto that Ilomnn Italy had Its "suvon seas," tho chain ot Bait lagoons about tho mouth ot tho I'o, separated from I tho Adriatic by strips ot sand or em-I em-I lankments. Tho lagoons wero in ancient an-cient days much moro oxtonslvo than now, nnd tho "Septom Maria" afforded I a continuous means ot Internal navl- gatlon from Havenna to Altiuum.