_ 576 _ Because of the slack wind I had to drop anchor, for there are shoals at the mouth of the river, there was a new moon, an ugly winter sea, and the wind shifted to the south and then against me. I was in great difficulty anchored for a long time at sea, and as the wind rose and was against me it made the sea stronger than it had been, I began to move without sails, although an anchor had already been dropped. I ordered another one to be dropped, a very large one I was carrying, which was meant to hold a galley. But nothing was of any use, and we continued to be carried along like an arrow. We were already close to the shore because the coast runs north and south and the wind was contrary, and I could not set a sail on either side because I had little wind; and then I saw we were lost. I ordered the foresail to be hoisted to see if it was possible to beach the ship in a small bay that was in sight, so that we would have a better chance of saving ourselves. I ordered the foresail to be hoisted, but the [tagas] broke, and the yard and the sail fell into the sea, and we were carried towards the rocks of a reef, and soon the foist struck a rock. The waves were huge so that we were afraid of them, and Lagoa identifies this river with the Rajapur of modern maps, which flows into the sea at 16 37'N, 73° 22'E. (Glossário, I, p. 231).
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