MD3PAD 688-690

[Toby G Levy]

        Dixon explains to Mason that the French symbol on the map has
nothing to do with any French claims on the colonies.  Dixon gives a
history of how the fluer-de-lis came to be placed on all maps to
indicate the direction of north.

        Armand interrupts them saying the duck is acting strangely.  They
ignore Armand and he wanders away. Mason argues that they should leave
the symbol for north off their map, but Dixon insists on it.

        Finally Mason relents, complimenting Dixon on the map. Dixon
wishes it could have been colored.

vw#134: Orpiment - Arsenic trisulfide, As2S3, a yellow mineral used as a
pigment.

        Wicks says that after their 8 year stint in America, Mason and
Dixon were bound to separate.  Their last year was spent in Delaware,
polishing up the tangent line and working on miscellaneous Royal
Society projects.

vw#135: Rugae - folds, creases, or wrinkles, as in the lining of the
stomach.

        Wicks thinks that Mason and Dixon might have decided to split up
during their final months in America. Dixon's descendents have said that
he wanted to settle in America, but Mason did not.

Toby