_ 77 _ in Kamaran, where he, the governor, wanted to spend the whole of August, he would see how much better housed he would make him than Salman Rex was going to do for him. This letter was left on land, where it was taken and delivered to Salman Rex, He did not reply to the governor, nor go to look for him in Kamaran, because he knew that on the sea the Portuguese would be victorious. After two or three days the governor left for Kamaran, saying that he did not want to go to Massawa, as it would not be wise to split the armada in that way. Salman Rex had an armada, and when he knew they had separated, he would go out to them and harass. Them. During the journey to Kamaran the men were in risk of dying of thirst, for there was so little water in the fleet that each person had to be limited to a half quartilho of water for a whole day. The heat is so great in that part that men cannot live without washing and fanning themselves frequently. Moreover, there was a great calm over the sea, so that the journey took two or three times longer than it should have, and people were fainting and dying of pure thirst, which was drying their lungs and causing other illnesses. It was a frightful and pitiful thing to hear the groans and cries that they all made against the governor for having
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