The great Afonso Dalboquerque having at length reached Goa was received by the captain and people of the city with joyful demonstration. Afterwards, Francisco Nogueira, whom he had left, at the time of his sailing away, with instructions to build the fortress of Calicut (as I have already shown), gave him an account of how, on arrival at Calicut, he had delivered his letters to the Çamorim; but in discussions with that potentate on certain occasions, respecting the building of the fortress, he had found him always unwilling to entertain the idea, making the excuse that he could not prevail upon the Moors of the land to consent to the building of it in the position which was asked for, but he would give him Challe for its site; he would not, however, accept this site, and, even if a site had been conceded to him in Calicut, it would have been impossible to build a fortress in it, unless he himself (Afonso) had been there in person, on account of the conduct of the captains and king's officers, who, although they had received orders to assist him with all their power and aid in carrying out the work, yet had secretly worked against the undertaking with the desire of gratifying the Kings of Cananor and Cochim.