Loss of the _Hunter_ galley--Quarrel with Portuguese--Alliance of Portuguese with Angria--War with both--A double triumph--Portuguese make peace--Angria cowed--Matthews reappears--Trouble caused by him--He returns to England--Court-martialled--The last of Matthews ... CHAPTER X TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF CONFLICT The case of Mr. Curgenven--Death of Conajee Angria--Quarrels of his sons--Portuguese intervention--Sumbhajee Angria--Political changes--Disaster to _Bombay_ and _Bengal_ galleys--The _Ockham_ beats off Angria's fleet--The Coolees--Loss of the _Derby_--Mahrattas expel Portuguese from Salsette--Captain Inchbird--Mannajee Angria gives trouble--Dutch squadron repulsed from Gheriah--Gallant action of the _Harrington_--Sumbhajee attacks Colaba--English assist Mannajee--Loss of the _Antelope_--Death of Sumbhajee Angria--Toolajee Angria--Capture of the _Anson_--Toolajee takes the _Restoration_--Power of Toolajee--Lisle's squadron--Building of the _Protector_ and _Guardian_ ... CHAPTER XI THE DOWNFALL OF ANGRIA Toolajee fights successful action with the Dutch--He tries to make peace with Bombay--Alliance formed against him--Commodore William James--Slackness of the Peishwa's fleet--Severndroog--James's gallant attack--Fall of Severndroog--Council postpone attack on Gheriah--Clive arrives from England--Projects of the Directors--Admiral Watson--Preparations against Gheriah--The Council's instructions--Council of war about prize-money--Double dealing of the Peishwa's officers--Watson's hint--Ships engage Gheriah--Angrian fleet burnt--Fall of Gheriah--Clive occupies the fort--The prize-money--Dispute between Council and Poonah Durbar--Extinction of coast piracy--Severndroog tower ... * * * * * AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN INDIA TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO ILLUSTRATIONS MAHRATTA GRABS AND GALLIVATS ATTACKING AN ENGLISH SHIP. MAP OF MALABAR COAST. * * * * * THE PIRATES OF MALABAR CHAPTER I _RISE OF EUROPEAN PIRACY IN THE EAST_ Portuguese pirates--Vincente Sodre--Dutch pirates--Royal filibustering--Endymion Porter's venture--The Courten Association--The Indian Red Sea fleet--John Hand--Odium excited against the English in Surat--The _Caesar_ attacked by French pirates--Danish depredations--West Indian pirates--Ovington's narrative--Interlopers and permission ships--Embargo placed on English trade--Rovers trapped at Mungrole--John Steel--Every seizes the _Charles the Second_ and turns pirate--His letter to English commanders--The Madagascar settlements--Libertatia--Fate of Sawbridge--Capture of the _Gunj Suwaie_--Immense booty--Danger of the English at Surat--Bombay threatened--Friendly behaviour of the Surat Governor--Embargo on European trade--Every sails for America--His reputed end--Great increase of piracy--Mutiny of the _Mocha_ and _Josiah_ crews--Culliford in the _Resolution_--The _London_ seized by Imaum of Muscat.