Andretookasketch—bookfromhispocket，andproceededtomakeadrawingofthereef。Scarcelyhadhecompletedtheoutlinewhenhisfatherexclaimed：
\"Why，Andre，youhavedrawnaham！\"
\"Somethinguncommonlylikeit，Iconfess，\"repliedAndre。\"IthinkwehadbetteraskCaptainCurtistoletuscallourislandHamRock。\"
\"Good，\"saidI;\"thoughsailorswillneedtokeepitatarespectfuldistance，fortheywillscarcelyfindthattheirteetharestrongenoughtotackleit。\"
M。Letourneurwasquitecorrect;theoutlineofthereefasitstoodclearlydefinedagainstthedeepgreenwaterresemblednothingsomuchasafineYorkham，ofwhichthelittlecreek，wheretheChancellorhadbeenstranded，correspondedtothehollowplaceabovetheknuckle。Thetideatthistimewaslow，andtheshipnowlayheeledoververymuchtothestarboardside，thefewpointsofrockthatemergedintheextremesouthofthereefplainlymarkingthenarrowpassagethroughwhichshehadbeenforcedbeforeshefinallyranaground。