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on proceeding to the southward ; I therefore despatched 

 Lieut. Baugh to pay my respects to the Governor, and to 

 inform him of our destination, with an offer to convey his 

 despatches for Europe, or Java. On the return of Lieut. 

 Baugh, I learned that the Governor was anxious that we 

 should make some stay ; and having heard the day before 

 of my being on the western side of the island, had pre- 

 pared a suite of rooms for my accommodation ; he now 

 entreated that I would postpone my departure, sending 

 off the pilot to show us the most convenient anchorage. 

 As Lieut. Baugh informed me that he had no wish to 

 send any despatches, and as I was too unwell to land, I 

 quitted Temate somewhat reluctantly, and stood away to 

 the southward, intending to pass through the Strait of 

 Patientia, and connect our present meridian distances 

 with those determined to Bouro, in 1840, it being one 

 of my principal positions in the former voyage in the 

 ' Sulphur '. Our progress was but slow, little better than 

 drifting by the force of current, and on the morning of 

 the 3rd, finding the ship still detained by calms, and 

 had gained very little to the southward of the Island 

 of Tidore, I determined upon making the most by our 

 detention, by fixing the prominent points leading up to, 

 and through, this Strait. The second barge and gig, 

 were supplied with provisions for fourteen days, and 

 Lieut. Baugh, appointed to the command of the former ; 

 Mr. Hooper, the Purser, volunteered as my amanuensis, 

 and Mr. Adams, Assistant-Surgeon, was added, in the 

 event of any illness happening to the party. I had left 

 orders with the Senior Lieutenant, " to endeavour to keep 

 close to us, and more particularly the following morning, 



