'Well, it's more than I do.' 'One time long ago,' said Uncle Ned, 'I see Anaa all-e-same that, four five hours befo' we come up.

Capena he say sun go down, sun go up again; he say lagoon all-e-same milla.' 'All-e-same WHAT ?' asked Davis.
'Milla, sah,' said Uncle Ned.
'Oh, ah! mirror,' said Davis.

'I see; reflection from the lagoon.

Well, you know, it is just possible, though it's strange I never heard of it.
Here, let's look at the chart.' They went back to the cabin, and found the position of the schooner well to windward of the archipelago in the midst of a white field of paper.
'There! you see for yourselves,' said Davis.
'And yet I don't know,' said Herrick, 'I somehow think there's something in it.

I'll tell you one thing too, captain; that's all right about the reflection; I heard it in Papeete.' 'Fetch up that Findlay, then!' said Davis.