It is not difficult to imagine Boone's disgust at the failure of his schemes, and the worthlessness of those he had to depend upon; but it must be admitted that these desultory attacks, first on one place and then on another, were not calculated to effect anything useful.

Had he concentrated his efforts on Kennery, he might have rendered the waters of Bombay more secure.
Brown laid the blame of his failure on the disobedience of his officers, which had been so flagrant as to conceal his own incapacity; so, on the 12th December, Boone again despatched him to search for the pirates, and give protection to the country vessels bringing up pepper from the southern factories.

He took with him a fine squadron: the _Greenwich_, 42 guns; the _Chandos_, 40 guns; the _Victory_, 26 guns; the _Britannia_, 24 guns; the _Revenge_, 16 guns; and a fireship.

The pusillanimous Upton was left behind, and, next to himself in command of the expedition, but in reality the moving spirit, he took the gallant Macrae.

England and Taylor had meanwhile been constrained to run down to the Laccadives, for want of water and provisions.