Have you beaten the librarian at checkers and asked him about things? After you do that, you should then get the letter on the fax machine. If you have received the letter on the fax and you have read it, the date of birth will go into your journal, and that's the date of birth you use.

1. Find a cannon.
2. Look at the symbol on that cannon.
3. Find the symbol on the large map (on the lower right side of your screen); it's the pieces you've been collecting when you do the puzzles.
4.There will be two of the same symbol with 6 small map pieces inbetween the symbols.
5. Look at the first map piece - it must be left to right if at the top of the large map, or from top to bottom if on the sides.
6. Look at the first small map piece.
7. Locate that little drawing on the big map (it will have a set of roman numerals with that little drawing).
8. Write those numbers down on a piece of paper.
9. Go to the cannon and input the Roman numerals.
10. Watch to see if the small button below goes down (if it does, you have the correct set of Roman numerals for the first out of six map pieces for that particular cannon).
11. Continue on with the second map piece and repeat the process from above until you have located all six map pieces for that one symbol.
12. After the last symbol is put into the cannon, it will pop up out of the water.
13. Do not forget to click on the skulls to complete the puzzle at that location.

Then move on to the 2nd and 3rd cannon locations.