_ 210 _ (22) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1514) Afonso de Albuquerque sent a letter from Goa on 25th of October 1514, to the King, informing him of his victories on the borders of India and that he would not remain there without the fortress of Ormuz, and other details:(22) Sir, Concerning what Your highness wrote to me in a previous letter about the matter of Bahrain and about the steps that should be taken to defend and govern it, I tell you, Sir, that such things are very easy to accomplish and they are thus not unconnected or outside your control, except for two things: one concerns the repairing of the naus. We cannot put two lengths of tow in them without beaching them, and this is because of our poor knowledge of the tides off the coasts of India. These defects cannot be spotted in time and they need to be done often.
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