On the way they were joined by the _Revenge_, and they also had with them ten or twelve gallivats.

Weekes appears to have been timid and incompetent, while the force was altogether insufficient for the purpose.

Several days were spent in trying to find a landing-place, without success, on the rocky, surf-beaten shore, while the fortress was bombarded from different points.

A violent quarrel occurred between Weekes and Stanton, and the expedition returned to Bombay.

This was the first, but not the most serious, of Boone's failures.