_ 48 _ In the same year (1547) A letter was sent from De Manuel de Lima to Alvaro de Castro, Ormuz, on the 22nd of June 1547, reporting that Ormuz was poor and the weather was very hot:(14) Sir, I wish to begin by telling you that I am in good health and disposed to serve you in whatever manner you order, this being what I always most desire. I make no complaint to you about Ormuz on two points, one that it is very poor, and the other that it is very hot, so that the water seems always to have been heated over a fire. You may believe me that captains who have made xerafin from Ormuz have done so by dint of sweating(A), and that however rich I have become here, you will (A) The climate of the Persian Gulf in the summer is well known to be among the hottest in the world. (14) Document no. and reference.
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