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Fearing to lose some of his ships in the shoal
water, he was obliged to draw off, having had
one midshipman killed.

Mannajee at once took advantage of Sumbha-
jee's temporary discomfiture to attack and capture
Caranjah from the Portuguese. Then, elated at his
success, and in spite of his own professions of friend-
ship, he seized three unarmed Bombay trading
ships and two belonging to Surat. To punish him,
Captain Inchbird was sent with a small squadron,
and seized eight of his fighting gallivats, together
with a number of fishing-boats. Negotiations
were opened, broken off, and renewed, during
which Mannajee insolently hoisted his flag on the
island of Elephanta. With the Mahratta army
close at hand in Salsette, the Bombay Council
dared not push matters to extremity; so, invoking
the help of Chimnajee Appa, the Peishwa's brother,
they patched up a peace with Mannajee. At the
same time, Bombay succeeded in making a treaty
of friendship with the Peishwa, which secured, to
the English, trading facilities in his dominions.

While this was going on, a Dutch squadron
of seven ships of war and seven sloops attacked
Gheriah, and were beaten off. A little later,