374 VOYAGE FROM WAIGIOU [chap, xxxvn. 



started ; but having a head- wind, made slow progress. 

 At dusk we reached the entrance of the harbour, but an 

 eddy and a gust of wind carried us away and out to sea. 

 After sunset there was a land breeze, and we sailed a little 

 to the south-east. It then became calm, and we huns 

 down our anchor forty fathoms, to endeavour to coun- 

 teract the current ; but it was of little avail, and in 

 the morning we found ourselves a good way from shore, 

 and just opposite our anchorage of the day before, 

 which we again reached by hard rowing. 1 gave the 

 men this day to rest and sleep ; and the next day 

 (Oct loth) we again started at tAvo in the morning 

 with a land breeze. After I had set them to their oars, 

 and given instructions to keep close in-shore, and on 

 no account to get out to sea, I went below, being rather 

 unwell. At daybreak I found, to my great astonishment, 

 that we were again far off-shore, and was told that the 

 wind had gradually turned more ahead, and had carried 

 us out — none of them having the sense to take down the 

 sail and row in-shore, or to call me. As soon as it was 

 daylight, we saw that we had drifted back, and were again 

 opposite our former anchorage, and, for the third time, had 

 to row hard to get to it. As we approached the shore, I 

 saw that the current was favourable to us, and we con- 

 tinued down the coast till we were close to the entrance 

 to the lower harbour. Just as we were congratulatincr 



