However，inthemeantimeithadtranspiredthatthemenemployedtocalktherafthadfoundthattheleakwasnotaleakatall，butonlyacrackbetweenthelogs——acrackthatbelongedthere，andwasnotdangerous，buthadbeenmagnifiedintoaleakbythedisorderedimaginationofthemate。Thereforewewentaboardagainwithagooddegreeofconfidence，andpresentlygottoseawithoutaccident。
Asweswamsmoothlyalongbetweentheenchantingshores，wefelltoswappingnotesaboutmannersandcustomsinGermanyandelsewhere。
AsIwrite，now，manymonthslater，Iperceivethateachofus，byobservingandnotingandinquiring，diligentlyanddaybyday，hadmanagedtolayinamostvariedandopulentstockofmisinformation。Butthisisnotsurprising；
itisverydifficulttogetaccuratedetailsinanycountry。
Forexample，Ihadtheideaonce，inHeidelberg，tofindoutallaboutthosefivestudent-corps。IstartedwiththeWhiteCapcorps。Ibegantoinquireofthisandthatandtheothercitizen，andhereiswhatIfoundout: