▁of ▁S ables ▁d ' O l onne . ▁Cal ad is ▁was ▁susp icious , ▁but ▁agreed ▁to ▁a ▁night ' s ▁anch orage . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁note ▁in ▁French ▁and ▁English ▁about ▁their ▁situation , ▁asking ▁for ▁help . ▁They ▁secret ly ▁dropped ▁them ▁over board , ▁hoping ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁found . ▁Three ▁were ▁and ▁one ▁was ▁produced ▁at ▁trial . ▁At ▁ 5 ▁the ▁next ▁morning , ▁they ▁set ▁sail , ▁despite ▁a ▁head wind . ▁Then ▁Van ▁Ho yd on ck ▁refused ▁to ▁navigate ▁further . ▁Peters en ▁tried , ▁but ▁was ▁in comp et ent . ▁For ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁days ▁they ▁w ander ed ▁lost . ▁Then ▁Van ▁Ho yd on ck ▁was ▁called ▁back ▁on ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁the ▁ 6 th , ▁but ▁under ▁condition ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁anchor ▁at ▁the ▁next ▁port ▁he ▁found . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁Ro ads ▁of ▁La ▁Fl otte , ▁where ▁they ▁anch ored ▁on ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁November ▁ 7 , ▁telling ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁they ▁were ▁at ▁C ád iz . ▁In ▁the ▁night ▁he ▁made ▁ 2 0 ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁previous ▁note ▁and ▁put ▁them ▁over board . ▁He ▁also ▁ho isted ▁the ▁en sign , ▁union ▁down , ▁a ▁signal ▁of ▁dist ress . ▁ ▁A ▁French man , ▁Ré de , ▁who ▁had ▁earlier ▁ste ered ▁the ▁ship ▁in , ▁noticed ▁the ▁flag ▁and ▁came ▁close ▁to ▁in quire . ▁The ▁flag ▁was ▁ha u led ▁down ▁and ▁Van ▁Ho yd