_ 66 _ the governor over this and one of them was Duarte Galvae, who always said that he should not fight the Mamelukes, nor burn their gallies. During this storm the Arabs on land went to advise Salman Rex, who was in Jidda and about to leave for Constantinople at the request of the Turk. As they knew in the city where the governor was going there was much fear among the Arabs that fighting would commence. Knowing this, Safman Rex embarked on a galley, went ashore and spoke to the people with sound words adding that with the Bedouin he could fortify the city, deploying most of his artillery along the beach. In this way if the Portuguese ships should come, they would be facing them and could be sent to the bottom. Chapter: XII When the fifteen days had passed a gentle wind from the East came to the aid of the fleet, and so it arrived at Jidda, which is a city on the coast of Arabia, a hundred and eighty leagues from the entrance to the Strait and a hundred and sixty-five from Suez. The headland is at a latitude of twenty-one and a half degrees north. The two leagues of the port have many shallows and rocks. There are two channels at the entrance to the port: going and
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