_ 216 _ (31) Document no. and reference. In the same year (1545) Dom Joao de Castro sent a general letter to King Joao III, dated 1545, about the events in those regions in India, and the reoccupation of Qatif:(31) I wrote to Your Highness from Mozambique how we were saved by three carracks, namely the "São Pedro", whose captain was D Jerónimo, the "Urca", in which Jorge Cabral was sailing, and also of the voyage and the weather I experienced. During the days I was there, I gave orders for rocks to be gathered and for lime to be made in order to change the fortress on one of its comers which overlooks the entrance to the port. This lies in a site and position which it is easy to defend, and with a small amount of work it can be made into a very great benefit.
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