The artillery belonging to the Turks was planted against the castle all in one line, but in six separate batteries. In the first was an iron _culverine_ carrying a ball of 150 pounds, and a _paderero_ of 200 pounds. At a small distance was an iron _passe-volant_ of 16 pounds, which discharged cartridge shot. In another place was a _paderero_ of 300 pounds, and a _culverine_ of 150; and in this second post was a _passe-volant_ like the former, both belonging to the great gallies. In another place was an iron _saker_ of 12 pounds, a small _cannon_ of 16 pounds, a _falcon_ of 6 pounds, and a mortar throwing a ball of 400 pounds. In another post was a culverine of 100 pounds. By this prodigious train of artillery, the Turks had battered down one tower, so that they could easily mount the breach, the tower not being very high, and the ditch not having been dug to a sufficient depth: But as fast as the Turks ruined the defences of this tower, the besieged repaired the breach as well as they could with earth and rubbish. It must also be observed that this fortress had no flanks; and being built upon a rock, they had made no _casemates_, only erecting embrasures on the top of the wall, which were all ruined and shaken. The main safety of the besieged consisted in their bravery. Every day fifteen or twenty of them used to sally forth like so many furious lions, killing all they met, which struck such terror into the Turkish soldiers that they fled in confusion as soon as they saw the Portuguese. On the 25th of October, the Turks caused a great number of cotton sacks to be got ready, covered with skins and bound with ropes, all of which were thrown into the ditch, which they completely filled, reaching as high as the wall. This being noticed by the besieged early in the morning, before the Turks put themselves in order for the assault, sixty of the Portuguese made a sally from the castle, forty of whom fought the enemy with great gallantry, while the other twenty remained in the ditch, each of whom carried a small leather bag full of powder and a lighted match. These men cut open the cotton bales, into each of which they put a handful of powder, which they fired, so that in a short time several of the bags were set on fire; and the whole continued burning for two days. Those who sallied out upon the enemy maintained the fight for more than three hours, during which time they killed 190 Turks and wounded as many more, losing only two of their own number. SECTION VI. _Farther particulars of the siege, to the retreat of the Turks, and the commencement of their Voyage back to Suez._