_ 171 _ for them on the mainland, and as they were collecting water, a third or half a league from the anchorage they were suddenly attacked by a large number of Moors who had been Iying in wait for them. They came suddenly that they could not help eight Portuguese and thirty-five Christian slaves from being captured, and a similar number of oarsmen from the leading ship which had no others. When Don Jorge who was at sea learned of this, he was very shocked, because the loss of the oarsman that had been captured would prevent him from continuing his voyage, and because there was nowhere where he could take any others from. He proposed in a meeting that they should return to Ormuz to find some, as without them they could not do anything profitable. Some present agreed with him to return to Ormuz, but one Francisco de Gouvea said that whilst they had to go back in order to be able to take news to Ormuz of what was happening in Risahr and of the fustas he wanted to go first to find this out in a catur. However, Don Jorge refused, saying that if he went there the enemy would learn of his going, and he wanted to take them by surprise. Thus, he returned to Ormuz, and when Antonio da Silveira heard that apart from not achieving anything they
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