It does not appear all this while that he had the least design of turning Pirate; for near _Mahala_ and _Joanna_ both he met with several _Indian_ ships richly laden, to which he did not offer the least violence, tho' he was strong enough to have done what he pleas'd with them; and the first outrage or depredation I find he committed upon mankind, was after his repairing his ship, and leaving _Joanna_; he touch'd at a place call'd _Mabbee_, upon the _Red Sea_, where he took some _Guinea_ Corn from the natives, by force. After this he sail'd to _Bab's Key_, a Place upon a little Island at the entrance of the _Red Sea_; here it was that he first began to open himself to his ship's company, and let them understand that he intended to change his measures; for, happening to talk of the _Moca_ Fleet, which was to sail that way, he said _We have been unsuccessful hitherto, but courage, my Boys, we'll make our fortunes out of this Fleet_: And finding that none of them appear'd averse to it, he order'd a boat out, well mann'd, to go upon the coast to make discoveries, commanding them to take a prisoner and bring to him, or get intelligence any way they could. The boat return'd in a few days, bringing him word, that they saw fourteen or fifteen ships ready to sail, some with _English_, some with _Dutch_, and some with _Moorish_ Colours. He therefore order'd a man continually to watch at the mast-head, least this Fleet should go by them; and about four days after, towards evening, it appear'd in sight, being convoy'd by one _English_ and one _Dutch_ Man-of-War. _Kid_ soon fell in with them, and getting into the midst of them, fir'd at a _Moorish_ ship which was next him; but the Men-of-War taking the Alarm, bore down upon _Kid_, and firing upon him, obliged him to sheer off, he not being strong enough to contend with them. Now he had begun hostilities, he resolv'd to go on, and therefore he went and cruis'd along the coast of _Malabar_; the first Prize he met was a small vessel belonging to _Aden_, the vessel was _Moorish_, and the Owners were _Moorish_ Merchants, but the Master was an _Englishman_, his name was _Parker_. _Kid_ forc'd him and a _Portugueze_ that was call'd _Don Antonio_, which were all the _Europeans_ on Board, to take on with them; the first he design'd as a pilot, and the last as an interpreter. He also used the men very cruelly, causing them to be hoisted up by the arms, and drubb'd with a naked cutlass, to force them to discover whether they had money on board, and where it lay; but as they had neither gold nor silver on board, he got nothing by his cruelty; however, he took from them a bale of pepper, and a bale of coffee, and so let them go.