CHAPTEE YII

EXPEDITION AGAINST GHEE I AH

Trouble with the Portuguese—Madagascar pirates again—Loss of the
Cassandra—Captain Macrae's brave defence—The one-legged
pirate—Richard Lazenby— Expedition against Gheriah— Mr.
Walter Brown—His incompetency—Gordon's landing—Insubor-
dination and drunkenness—Arrival of the Phram—General attack
—Failure—The Kempsant's alliance—Attack on Deoghur—The
Madagascar pirates, England and Taylor—Ignominious flight—
Fate of the Phram—Brown despatched south again—The pirates
at Cochin—They take flight to Madagascar—Their rage against
Macrae and England—England marooned—Taylor takes Goa
ship—Rich prize—Governor Macrae.

IJST addition to other embarrassments, Boone
became involved, at this time, in a quarrel with
the Portuguese. The surrender of Bombay to the
English had, from the first, been extremely distaste-
ful to the Goa authorities, who understood the
value of the place better than did the authorities
in Lisbon; and they had so interpreted the treaty
that gave Bombay to the English that, at the time
of transfer, they had managed to retain everything