Soon after leaving the Channel, the _Salisbury_ and _Exeter_ were dismasted in a storm, and were obliged to put into Lisbon to repair damages.

Matthews continued his voyage with the _Lyon_ and the _Shoreham_ to St.Augustine's Bay.

He found no pirate ships there at the time, and good policy demanded that he should await the _Salisbury_ and the _Exeter_.

Instead of doing so, he continued his voyage to Bombay, where he arrived on the 27th September.

Before leaving, he entrusted to the natives of St.Augustine's Bay a letter for Captain Cockburn, of the _Salisbury_, in which a number of particulars were given of the squadron.