_ 312 _ All were of the opinion that it was right that the supreme commander should be in the Canacany Islands with the fleet he had brought, because it was the best place for these ships to be. From there the Ambassador from Aden who was sailing in the fleet sent a catur to [...], which is eight leagues from the Islands in the direction of Aden. From there the Ambassador sent one of his servants ashore to find out from kinsmen who live there the most reliable news which had come overland in a catur by sea with this Ambassador to the Islands. He sent another catur in the direction of Aden to another place where there is a mosque, which is in [the territory of] Aden, where the Ambassador has kinsmen, to obtain information coming overland by a letter from D. António de Noronha, who is sailing in the same catur, and another letter from his kinsmen which may only arrive in the islands overland in seven or eight days, or it could even be nine or ten. In the Islands was waiting, with a good watch and sheltered, a caravel of our lord, the King, which had been delayed, and a supply-ship which was on its way to the fleet. There were other ships sailing behind and yet others which it was hoped would leave Goa. At this time D João de
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