This at once attracted the attention of the _Sceptre_ frigate that Sir John Gayer had sent as a convoy, and Kidd took to his heels.
If Every had been in his place, he would have followed the fleet across the Indian Ocean, and have picked up a straggler or two, but the sight of the _Sceptre_ and a Dutch man-of-war had been enough for Kidd, and he left the pilgrim fleet alone.

Without molesting them further, he made his way eastward, and, on the 29th August, off Sanjan, north of Bombay, he took the _Mary_ brigantine, a small native vessel from Surat.

This was Kidd's first capture on the high seas.

Thomas Parker, the master of the _Mary_, was forced on board the _Adventure_ to act as pilot, a Portuguese was taken to act as interpreter, and the lascars of the _Mary_ beaten and ill-treated.

A week later he put into Carwar for provisions, flying English colours; but his character was already known.