_ 318 _ that it would be easy for us to meet from there, because if Basra is taken, as we hope it will be this year(A), we are very near and very close. It is said that the Franciscan house is in the place where St George killed the serpent(B). 11. The other thing was that the Fathers of the Society in Venice should cultivate the friendship of the Venetian consul in Aleppo, and another one in Cairo, because once in communication and friendship with them it is possible to write to this part of India through them, as they come here from Cairo and Aleppo respectively every month and every three months. May Our Lord bring us together in glory, Amen. The useless and unworthy servant of Your Reverence António Herédia. (A) This did not happen because the Portuguese did not take the city of Basra in lower Mesopotamia from the Turks. (B) For the several places to which this combat is assigned see Acta Sanctorum, Apr. vol.III (Venice 1738) 104-06.
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