_ 13 _ Episodes of the year 1563 Father Andre Fernandes sent a letter to Father Pero da Vonsica in Portugal, Cochin, on the 16th of January 1563, mentioning the springs of Bahrain in the salt sea:(2) In the Persian Gulf near an island called Bahrain,(A) which is nearer the land Arabia than Persia, a great deal of fresh water is obtained well out to sea, in the following way. The sailors swim down when it is low tide, so as not to dive so deep, holding wineskins with their mouths closed in their hands; and they open them in some large springs that discharge and abundance of water. In this way they fill them and the water is very good. (A) Bahrain. This part of the sentence has been added in another hand below the text and perhaps does not belong to the body of the original document. (2) Document no. and reference.
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