_ 242 _ they captured that Ali Chebuli had arrived and that he was with the galleys at sea preparing to depart. On receiving this information, Gomes de Siqueira immediately left. Bernardim de Sousa, the captain of the fortress, also had a plan of his own, whereby he sent some spies dressed as fishermen, who went in terranquins to fish inside the Strait. They took the fish to sell in the Turkish galleys and they carefully noted what was going on in them, without anyone being suspicious of them, and Barnardim de Sousa often received information from them. A few days into August, Ali Chebuli emerged from the Strait with his galleys and being spotted by our ships that were patrolling there, news was immediately brought to Dom Fernando, who the very same day embarked in the oared ships that he had ready and left for Muscat where he had the other fleet. Dom Antão de Noronha escorted him in a galliot with forty soldiers and several noblemen and on arrival at that port they transferred to the galleons, and with the whole fleet they once more went in pursuit of the galleys. As soon as Dom Fernando left, Bernardim de Sousa armed another galleon belonging to Gomes Farinha that was there, and three or four merchant ships, in which he put artillery, munitions and troops.
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