diff --git a/collects/htdch/draw/World-native-methods.ss b/collects/htdch/draw/World-native-methods.ss
index 85b372645e..a4ff32bb7e 100644
--- a/collects/htdch/draw/World-native-methods.ss
+++ b/collects/htdch/draw/World-native-methods.ss
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@
     (sleep-for-a-while s))
 |#  
 
-  (define/provide (bigBang-double-native this accs gets privates #;width #;height i)
+  (define/provide (bigBang-int-int-double-native this accs gets privates width height i)
+    (define theCanvas ((hash-table-get accs 'theCanvas) this))
+    (send theCanvas start-int-int width height)
     (big-bang i this)
     (on-tick-event
       (lambda (world)
diff --git a/collects/htdch/draw/World.java b/collects/htdch/draw/World.java
index c8951b669f..3cdc2b3fe0 100644
--- a/collects/htdch/draw/World.java
+++ b/collects/htdch/draw/World.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ public abstract class World {
 
     public Canvas theCanvas = new Canvas(); 
 
-    public native boolean bigBang(/* int width, int height,*/ double s); 
+    public native boolean bigBang(int width, int height, double s); 
     
     public native boolean endOfTime();
     
diff --git a/collects/htdch/draw/doc.txt b/collects/htdch/draw/doc.txt
index ad459aea8c..2d7c27d5ec 100644
--- a/collects/htdch/draw/doc.txt
+++ b/collects/htdch/draw/doc.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-This `draw' package provides libraries for modeling in a visual world. It
-consists of two sets of classes: 
+This `draw' package provides libraries for modeling in a visual world:
 
 
 		     +----------+     +----------+
@@ -30,16 +29,16 @@ consists of two sets of classes:
    + White 
    + Yellow 
 
-			      +-------+
-			      | Color |
-			      +-------+
-				  |
-				 / \
-				 ---
-				  |
-	     ------------------------------------------
-	     |          |         |         |         |     
-	 +-------+  +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+  
-	 | Blue  |  | Green | | Red   | | White | | Yellow| 
-	 +-------+  +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ 
+                              +-------+
+                              | Color |
+                              +-------+
+                                  |
+                                 / \
+                                 ---
+                                  |
+             ------------------------------------------
+             |          |         |         |         |     
+         +-------+  +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+  
+         | Blue  |  | Green | | Red   | | White | | Yellow| 
+         +-------+  +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+