_ 21 _ could not be ousted out on account of the character of the land, and the place secured. I saw from the sketch and from information which I gleaned from many who go there every year, and I took counsel with persons whom I summoned for this purpose; and I am in the habit of taking, and they all agreed that I ought at once to see about this and they ought to have a bulwark made upon a rock which stands at the entrance of the bay, which could easily defend the port, and its entrance, and safeguard the ships that might lie there and the place; and I sent Dom Amtão to view it on the way and Francisco Pires with him, and that in viewing the land and its character he should discuss it with Dom Alvaro and with the Guasill of Ormuz, and should it seem necessary to them as it did to us here, to requisition the King of Ormuz from the revenues of Calayate and Mascate to afford help to do so. It also seemed to him that from the rentals of the said Mascate itself to give them to defray the said bulwark until it should be concluded. I gave the charge of this work to João de Leiboa, because he was a honourable man and a Cavallier and he knew much about the land as he was there a length of time and it being (?) a work Your Highness can take good pride in, because it is the security of the port, and
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