Question 13: Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank [iii].

Read the excerpt given below and fill in the blanks with those forms of the verbs which best fit the passage from the options provided. Your chosen answer should maintain the tense consistency of the excerpt.
Wasobiowe [i] _____ in the neighbourhood of Nagasaki. He loved nothing better than to spend his days far out at sea, fishing from a little boat. Once, when the eighth full moon [ii] _____—which in Japan is called the “bean moon” and is the most beautiful of all—Wasobiowe started on a long voyage. Leisurely he [iii] _____ the coast, and rejoiced in the bold outlines of the rocks seen by the light of the moon. But, without warning, black clouds gathered overhead. The storm [iv] _____, the rain poured down, and darkness fell. The waves were lashed into fury, and the little boat was driven swift as an arrow before the wind. For three days and nights the hurricane raged. As dawn [v] _____ on the fourth morning, the wind was stilled, and the sea grew calm.
Excerpted from: Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods. Retold by Frank Rinder, The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, 2014, p. 77.
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.

Find the appropriate verb form to fill in blank [iii].