Queiroz, seeing that the natives of that bay continued to be hostile, owing to the bad treatment they had received, resolved to proceed south to get a nearer view of the great and high chain of mountains in that direction; desiring by the sight of them to reanimate all his companions; because, as he said, “in the event of his death, he felt sure they would continue the work with ardour until it was finished.”  He left the bay with the three vessels on Thursday, the 8th of June, in the afternoon.  They met with contrary winds and decided to return to port.  All night they were beating on different tacks at the mouth of the bay.  At dawn the Almiranta was 3 leagues to windward, and at three in the afternoon she and the launch were near the port...The force of the wind was increasing, and the night was near, owing to which the pilot* ordered that if they could not reach the port, they were to anchor wherever it was possible.  The night came on very dark.  The Almiranta and the launch appeared to have anchored.

[* Gonzalez de Leza.]

They saw the lanterns lighted, to give the Capitana leading marks, as she was also going to anchor.  Soundings were taken, and they found 30 fathoms, not being an arquebus shot from the port.  The wind came down in a gust over the land.  Sails were taken in, and the ship was only under a fore course, falling off a little.  The chief pilot, exaggerating very much the importance of being unable to find bottom, together with the darkness of the night, the strong wind, the numerous lights he saw without being able to judge with certainty which were those of the two ships, said to the captain that he was unable to reach the port.

The captain commended his zeal and vigilance.  There was one who said, and made it clearly to be understood, that more diligence might easily have been shown to anchor or to remain without leaving the bay; and that, with only the sprit sail braced up, she might have run for shelter under the cape to windward.  It was also said that they went to sleep.  In the morning the captain asked the pilot what was the position of the ship.  He replied that she was to leeward of the cape; and the captain told him to make sail that she might not make leeway.  The pilot answered that the sea was too high and against them, and that the bows driving into the water would cause her timbers to open, though he would do his best.  The narrator here remarks “that this was a great misfortune, owing to the captain being disabled by illness on this and other occasions when the pilots wasted time, obliging him to believe what they said, to take what they gave, measured out as they pleased.”  Finally, during this and the two following days, attempts were made to enter the bay.  The other vessels did not come out, the wind did not go down; while, owing to the force of this wind the ship, having little sail on, and her head E.N.E., lost ground to such an extent that they found themselves 20 leagues to leeward of the port, all looking at those high mountains with sorrow at not being able to get near them.