_ 309 _ In the same year (1554) Father Antonio de Heredia sent a letter to Father Ignacio de Loyola, the General Superior of the Christian Society in Rome, Ormuz, on the 20th of October 1554, describing the Kingdom of Ormuz:(30) 1. In 1552, I wrote to Your Reverence from Cochin. where I lived for a year and a half, giving you an account of myself and the condition of that country, and the fruit which was being and could be gathered there.(A) In 1553, I was sent to this city and kingdom of Ormuz, where I found Father Master Gonçalo(B) very ill and all the people of the city likewise, because of the sufferings and ills (A) Cf. Documenta Indica Vol II 290-93 547-49. (B) Gonçalvo Rodrigues. (30) Document no. and reference.
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