CHAPTER IX.
_A TROUBLED YEAR IN BOMBAY_ Loss of the _Hunter_ galley--Quarrel with Portuguese--Alliance of Portuguese with Angria--War with both--A double triumph--Portuguese make peace--Angria cowed--Matthews reappears--Trouble caused by him--He returns to England--Court-martialled--The last of Matthews.
The year succeeding Boone's departure was a stirring one in Bombay.

On the 27th February, the _Eagle_ and _Hunter_ galleys, while off Bassein, convoying a Surat ship, were attacked by four of Angria's grabs.

After a five-hours' engagement, during which the _Hunter_ made three attempts at boarding, an unlucky shot ignited some loose powder, and the galley blew up, every soul on board perishing.

A similar explosion, though less serious, took place on board the _Eagle_, which forced her to take refuge in a shattered condition in Saragon harbour.

Here the Portuguese showed such unfriendliness, that the Council were obliged to send other galleys to protect and bring the _Eagle_ away.
Since the conclusion of the Portuguese treaty with Angria, an angry correspondence had gone on between Goa and Bombay, and soon the old causes of quarrel were revived.