_ 74 _ which stretches out into the sea so that its three sides are cut into the living rock and bordered by the sea. To landward there is a fine ditch stretching right across the sea on either side, flanked by lofty, high beautiful walls with many bastions, horsemen, underground passages and water cisterns, all very white and beautiful, the towers built very cleverly, with abundant artillery, they say the most in the world, and the finest. There were also plentiful munitions and defensive weapons, because Diu is the one of the largest seaports that there are among the nations. From there they trade with Turkey, Cairo, Mecca and Jidda.(A) It was to here that I was sent on the mission by the Father, to see if we could send some money through the merchants to the Father Patriarch(B) and his companions in Ethiopia. (A) Jidda, a port in the Red Sea in Arabia. (B) D. Andrés of Oviedo.
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