Wehadtokeeprowingallnight，thelandbreezesbeingtooweaktoenableustosailagainstthecurrent。Duringtheafternoonofthe21stwehadanhour\'sfairwind，whichsoonchangedintoaheavysquallwithrain，andmyclumsymenletthemainsailgettakenabackandnearlyupsetus，tearingthesail；and，whatwasworse，losinganhour\'sfairwind。Thenightwascalm，andwemadelittleprogress。
Onthe22dwehadlighthead-winds。Alittlebeforenoonwepassed，withtheassistanceofouroars，thePacienciaStraits，thenarrowestpartofthechannelbetweenBatchianandGilolo。
ThesewerewellnamedbytheearlyPortuguesenavigators，asthecurrentsareverystrong，andtherearesomanyeddies，thatevenwithafairwindvesselsareoftenquiteunabletopassthroughthem。Intheafternoonastrongnorthwinddeadaheadobligedustoanchortwice。Atnighitwascalm，andwecreptalongslowlywithouroars。
Onthe23dwestillhadthewindahead，orcalms。WethencrossedoveragaintothemainlandofGilolobytheadviceofourGanimen，whoknewthecoastwell。Justaswegotacrosswehadanothernortherlysquallwithrain，andhadtoanchorontheedgeofacoralreefforthenight。Icalledupmymenaboutthreeonthemorningofthe24th，buttherewasnowindtohelpus，andwerowedalongslowly。Atdaybreaktherewasafairbreezefromthesouth，butitlastedonlyanhour。Alltherestofthedaywehadnothingbutcalms，lightwindsahead，andsqualls，andmadeverylittleprogress。
Onthe25thwedriftedouttothemiddleofthechannel，butmadenoprogressonward。IntheafternoonwesailedandrowedtothesouthendofKaióa，andbymidnightreachedthevillage。I