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 _English_ Man, 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 Cutlash, 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. A little Time after he touch'd at _Carawar_, a Place upon the same Coast, where, before he arrived, the News of what he had done to the _Moorish_ Ship had reach'd them; for some of the _English_ Merchants there had received an Account of it from the Owners, who corresponded with them; wherefore, as soon as _Kid_ came in, he was suspected to be the Person who committed this Pyracy; and one Mr. _Harvey_ and Mr. _Mason_, two of the _English_ Factory, came on Board and ask'd for _Parker_, and _Antonio_ the _Portuguese_; but _Kid_ deny'd that he knew any such Persons, having secur'd them both in a private Place in the Hold, where they were kept for seven or eight Days, that is, till _Kid_ sail'd from thence. However, the Coast was alarm'd, and a _Portuguese_ Man of War was sent out to cruize: _Kid_ met with her, and fought her about six Hours, gallantly enough; but finding her too strong to be taken, he quitted her; for he was able to run away from her when he would: Then he went to a Place call'd _Porco_, where he water'd the Ship, and bought a Number of Hogs of the Natives to victual his Company.