But the fascinations of a rover's life were too much for him.

He fitted out a sloop and made again for the Red Sea, and was killed in action there with a Mogul ship.
From their Madagascar settlements the pirates scoured the east coast of Africa, the Indian Ocean as far as Sumatra, the mouth of the Red Sea, where the Mocha ships offered many rich prizes, the Malabar coast, and the Gulf of Oman.

From time to time, ships from New England and the West Indies brought supplies and recruits, taking back those who were tired of the life, and who wished to enjoy their booty.

European prisoners were seldom treated barbarously when there was no resistance, and the pirate crews found many recruits among captured merchantmen.

Their worst cruelties were reserved for the native merchants of India who fell into their hands.