_ 137 _ fleet informed that from then on, they were to drop anchor two hours before sunset, in order to avoid any trouble. That same day our ships dropped anchor and captured two ships from Barbora and Zeila, which were on their way to Iudda with a cargo of provisions some of their crews were captured, others escaped by swimming. After the ships had been unloaded, they were burnt; and the governor gave orders for the Arabs' hands to be amputated, and their noses and ears tut off after which he had them thrown ashore in the Sheikh of Aden's Jands, this is what he did from then on to all the Arabs he captured, except for those in Camaran. After this he proceeded on his voyage, and following the advice of the rubans he sailed into a bay in front of a village called Lvia. The governor's ruban, who wanted to show that he knew better than the others, shouted at them to sail windward. While they could, however, in the direction they took there wasn't a headland or a bay where they could drop anchor. As they sounded the waters, these were found to grow shallower by three or four "arms" each time the rope was lowered. At this the ship hit a sandbank, which was four and a half "arms" deep.
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