Now, only one white man's name is on the chart.

The others are Hindoos or Mohammedans.

There is no other white man.

Therefore we may say with confidence that the wooden-legged man is identical with Jonathan Small.
Does the reasoning strike you as being faulty ?" "No: it is clear and concise." "Well, now, let us put ourselves in the place of Jonathan Small.

Let us look at it from his point of view.