Storia do Mogor 338.23.1

338.23.1

Let us now talk about the Indian Ocean, and what happened thereon November 7, 1704 (the 5th in Part V., fol. 30). There appeared in the latitude of Chaul (Chanwal) four French ships : The flag-ship of 60 guns called L'Agrèable, commanded by Monsieur le Baron de Palhier (de Pallières) ; the second-in-command, of 60 guns, called La Muttiner (La Mutine), under Monsieur Dudregne (Du Dresnay). These were two royal ships. The other two belonged to the Compagnie Royale. One of them carried 54 guns and the other 50 guns; one was L'Aurore, commanded by Monsieur Houssaby (Houssaye), and the other the St. Louis, commanded by Monsieur Martin. These ships steered for the port of Surat, and opposite the island of Bombahim (Bombay) overhauled a bark flying the English flag, and the property of a Hindu in the service of the governor of that place. From it they learnt that in Surat port there were ten ships of war, seven Dutch and three English. Thereupon Monsieur le Baron [de Pallières] saw that the sides were too unequal, and, turning away, made for Pondicherry, although it was the monsoon. In the latitude of Vingorlã, near the Queimados Islands (Burnt Islands), twelve leagues from Goa, they encountered two Portuguese frigates, one of 28 guns, commanded by Senhor Salvador de Mello, and the other of 24 guns, commanded by Senhor Hieronimo de Mello.