Coleen,

Just incase you run into the problem again... You may not have seen
this little tool on the net:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

Where your phrase is translated as:

I comprehends not the guide of pocket compasses and charts!!

Not perfect English, but good enough to get the idea.

Rick

--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Fireflylight@a... wrote:
> I just bought a new compass since I decided to leave my compass
somewhere in
> Riverbend Park... oops.
>
> Thank goodness I sorta know how to use it already since all the
instructions
> are in FRENCH. I kept turning the little booklet around and over
to try to
> find the English instructions, but no luck!
>
> Je ne comprehends pas la guide de poche boussoles et cartes!!