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the distance to Fayo, the desert island, where they 

 stop for some days, is reckoned to be two day's 

 voyage, and from Fayo to Guahon three days. 

 They return hkewise by way of Fayo and Lamu- 

 reck. Their time to return is in May, at the 

 latest in June, before the west monsoon, of which 

 they are much afraid, sets in. 



Kadu mentioned an under taking; of the chief 

 of Fatoilep, to sail directly from this group to 

 Waghal (Guahon). He wandered long about the 

 sea, and arrived at last at Moge-Mug, without 

 having found that island, and thence he returned 

 home. 



The fleet once missed Guahon, and was driven 

 under the lee of that island. The seamen dis- 

 covered tlieir error in time ; and, after contending 

 with tlie wind, reached their destination, only with 

 some delay. 



This long voyage was once luidertaken in a 

 very small boat, which carried only three men. 

 It sailed better than the two large vessels that ac- 

 companied it. The seaman, Olopol, of Setoan, 

 brought it as a present to Don Luis. Olopol died 

 at Agaiia, and we ourselves have seen the boat. 



Toua*, the king of Ulea, came himself toGuahon, 

 in the year I8O7. 



It was also in this year, or in the following, 

 that a boat, from the eastern island of Tuch was 



* Don Luis de Torres calls him Roua, as he calls the island 

 Rug, which we, according to Kadu, write Tuch. 



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