As soon as this debate was over, the great Afonso Dalboquerque gave orders that all the fleet should set sail direct to Adem; and because the wind began to drop, all proceeded to warp in as much as possible, in order to get well in under the lee of the Cape of Guardafum, which lay to the windward of the fleet; for from that point, no matter from which direction the wind came, they would have it in their power to make the mouth of the straits, and notwithstanding that they altered their course from one rhumb-line to another, yet they touched in shore at a place to the leeward of Abedalcuria, and from that point onward sounded the coast as they proceeded along it, with the intention of crossing over from Mete to Adem. But inasmuch as the currents were contrary to the wind, and the sea ran high, our fleet experienced great difficulty for the space of three days, so that all the caturs, which hung at the prows of the ships for use when the fleet had entered the straits, were lost. And when the pilots made out their position to be ten leagues from Mete, they determined to cross over to Adem.