ABSTRACT
The General at once proceeded to busy himself with the work of fortifying Muscat, and thus he constructed a platform or battery beyond the fort at the entrance of the haven, wherein he mounted some very heavy guns; in the same way he strengthened the batteries at Quilbù and the gardens near Cabaço, whilst he erected blockhouses on the tops of the hills up which the enemy might climb, placing guards in them, whereby the place was rendered impregnable, chiefly on account of the cannon which he had sited in the most important positions. 1
