St. Francis Xavicr in Chaul during his bravels along the coast. The
ruins of the huilding are still in a fair state of preservation. (See the
History and Antiquities of Chaul, p. 102.)

In the month of October ]553 Fr. Caspar Barzeo died in Qoa, and
brother Aleixo Dias was immediately sent to Bassein to invite
Padre Mestre Belchior Nunes to take up his place as Rector and
Vice-Provincial.
The next event in the religious annals of Bombay is the founda-
tion of the Christian village of the Trindado in the island of S^lsette.
In 1548 the 18th Governor, Francisco Barreto, the gallant con-
queror of the Forts of Asseri and Manor^, was informed that Sultan
Ilusein (Uzen), son of Burlian or Nizam-ul-]ftulk (Nizamaluco) of
Ahmednagar had, on the death of his father, imprisoned the Portu-
guese Ambassador at his Court with his family, and was sending a
large army to fortify the iVIorro of Chaul (Khorle). Barreto wanted
to oppose him, but, having neither men nor money, was obliged to
beg of Fr. Gon^alo da Silveira to help him.
