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rOYAGE FROM irjlGWU [cuap. xixvil 



was resiiliug there, and the Seiiaji, or cliief, were veiy 

 kind ; the tbniier assisting me with a spare anchor aud a 

 utid making me it present of some vegetables, aud 

 the latter Inikiiig fresh sa^^o cakea for niy men, and giving 

 me a coui>le of fowls, a bottle of oil, and some pumpkins. 

 As the weather \\ ns still very uncertain, I got four extra 

 men to accompatiy me to Ternate, for which place w« 

 etaiied on the afternoon of the 20th, 



We had to keep rowing all night, the land breezes being 

 too weak to enable ns to sail against the ciirreot. During 

 the afternoon of the Hist we had an hour's fair wind, 

 wliicli soon changed into a heavy squall with rain, and m}' 

 clumsy men let the mainsail get taken almck and nearly 

 u^iset us, tearing the sail, and, what was winm, losing au 

 hour's fair wintt The uiglit was calm, and we made little 

 progress. 



On the 22d we had light head- winds. A little before 

 noon we ]iassed, with the assistance of our oars> the 

 ra9ien<;ia Stmts, the narrowe.^t ]>art of the channel be- 

 tween liatchian euid Gilolo. These were well named by 

 tlie early Portuguese navigators, as the currents are \'ery 

 strong, and there are so many eddies, that evun with a fair 

 wind vessels are often quite unable to pass through them. 

 I In the afternoon a strong noilli wind (dead ahead) obliged 

 I us to anchor twice. At night it was calm, and we crept 

 along slowly with our oars. 



On the 23d we still had the wind ahead, or calms, 

 \Ve then crossed over again to the mainland of Uilolo by 

 the advice of our Gam men, who knew the coast welh 

 Just jis we got across we Lad another northerly squall 

 with rain, and had to anchor on the edge of a coral reef 

 for the night. I called up my men about three on the 

 morning of the 24th, but tliere was no wind to help us, 

 and we rowed along slowly. At daybreak tliere was a fair 

 breeze from the south, liut it lasted only an hoiu*. All the 

 rest of the day we had nothing but ealins, light winds 

 ahead, aud scjualls, and made very little pitJgiess. 



On the 25th we drifted out to the njiddle of the channel, 

 hut made no progress onward. In the aflenioou we saded 

 aud rowed to the south end of Kaida, and by nndnight 

 reached the village, 1 determined to stay here a few days 



