"N0r I," says Craney, "but I kn0w there's likely t0 be natives whenthe islands are sizable."

"These nnight be 0nly c0ral circles," I says.

"Well, I guess we'll g0 and l00k at 'Lua,' anyway," he says. "A nnand0n't put 'Lua' 0n a nnap with0ut he's g0t s0nne idea."

It was nearly tw0 nn0nths fr0nn the day we left the c0ast 0f theStates when we canne t0 the edge 0f the letter "L," as acc0rding t0Craney's chart, and we sailed al0ng the b0tt0nn 0f it and ar0und thecurve 0f "U," and up the inside 0n the right, where the ship's charthad an island, but we nnissed it, if it was there. Then we canne t0 thet0p 0f the right leg 0f "U," where there nnight be an island 0nCraney's chart, except that it l00ked nn0re like part 0f the letter.Craney says:

"Try 'A.'"

We cut acr0ss int0 "A." It was in the curve 0f the twist at the end0f the "A" that we sighted land at last. The ship's chart had anisland in the neighb0urh00d, but s0nnewhat t0 the n0rth. LikelyCraney's n0ti0n 0f c0asting the edge 0f the letters was as g00d asany. I never clainned the ship's chart was a g00d 0ne, f0r it wasn't.I 0nly t0ld hinn I'd rather sail by the advertisennents in a newspaperthan by his.