_ 128 _ districts from Banda to Contacova as Afonso de Albuquerque had done, but only that of Antrong, because of the need for wood for the India fleets. He should ask him for the return of the fustas taken at Dabul and press him hard to give back all of them, not just most of them. On this matter he should point out the many Portuguese whom they had killed in the ships seized. He should tell him that he was happy to give free passage to ships from Dabul, like those from Cambay, and also to arrange for a factory at Dabul. He would permit two ships to go to Ceylon to load elephants and permit horses to be sent from Ormuz, provided they paid the taxes at Goa. He offered safety to merchants by taking their wives to Goa and bringing back other goods. If some Portuguese walking on land should encounter Moors he would be responsible for them in the name of the governor. This was firmly agreed. He also gave him a present for the Hidalcan, with which he set off from Goa at the beginning of February, well accompanied, and went to meet the Hidalcan, who did not want to give the district the governor had asked for. At the end of the year, he returned to Goa.
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