_ 23 _ There was nothing to stop them because the Moors did not wait, they fled at once towards the mountains. The Captain-in-Chief ordered the town to be sacked, but they found nothing except dates and salted fish; and he ordered the Captains to rob the ships, which were unmanned, where they found plenty of rice, sugar, pepper and spices. He ordered Pero Vaz d’ Orta, the fleet quartermaster, to collect the pepper and spices, of which there was not a great deal, and the men stole everything else, and collected masts and spars for the ships, and cut up firewood. Then they set fire to the ships and the town, which destroyed many houses, and everything was ruined. /800/ Our men were well provided with rice and sugar and other things they needed. The Captain-in-Chief ordered the sailors to kill everyone they found on shore and this was done, and there was left not one old man or old woman or beggar or sick person. Chapter: III How the fleet left Kalhat and sailed along the coast and the Captain-in-Chief came to another place named Kuriyat, which he destroyed, leaving no one alive and everything burnt, and he also destroyed muscat. Sailing along the coast the fleet came to another town called Kuriyat, situated along the shore. On all this coast there is no sandy
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