_ 330 _ As for the matters that he ordered him to report concerning the fortresses of Ormuz, he would write to the Captains that they should do everything that the Captain General ordered them and that he would write to the Governor of India as well as the Ambassador in detail. After replying in this way, the Governor told the Ambassador that the Sheikh was very sorry that they did not visit the camp or the countryside. He constantly asked about this, because it seemed to him that there must be some dissatisfaction and he begged him that, if this was so, he should tell him about it. The Ambassador answered that there was no dissatisfaction nor any reason for being dissatisfied, but rather for rejoicing, and all his men were eager to see their grandeur about which they had heard so much. So, consequently, they considered it fitting from then on to use the time that remained to them to see everything. So, the following day, they mounted their horses and went to see the city which was enormous. It was three-quarters destroyed but nevertheless consisted of about two thousand households in all. It had extensive boundaries, was densely populated and was well provided with cultivated land, apple orchards, vegetable gardens, vineyards, riverbanks with tropical trees and large herds of cattle.
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