"And you understand that language, don't you?" asked Lord Glenarvan.

"Perfectly."

"Come, then, tell us the meaning of these words."

The captain examined the document carefully, and said:

"Well, here's the date of the occurrence first: 7 Juni means June 7;
and if we put that before the figures 62 we have in the other document,
it gives us the exact date, 7th of June, 1862."

"Capital!" exclaimed Lady Helena. "Go on, John!"

"On the same line," resumed the young captain, "there is
the syllable GLAS and if we add that to the GOW we found
in the English paper, we get the whole word GLASGOW at once.
The documents evidently refer to some ship that sailed out of
the port of Glasgow." "That is my opinion, too," said the Major.

"The second line is completely effaced," continued the Captain;
"but here are two important words on the third. There is ZWEI,
which means TWO, and ATROSEN or MATROSEN, the German for SAILORS."

"Then I suppose it is about a captain and two sailors,"
said Lady Helena.

"It seems so," replied Lord Glenarvan.