CHAPTER X.
_TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF CONFLICT_ The case of Mr.Curgenven--Death of Conajee Angria--Quarrels of his sons--Portuguese intervention--Sumbhajee Angria--Political changes--Disaster to _Bombay_ and _Bengal_ galleys--The _Ockham_ beats off Angria's fleet--The Coolees--Loss of the _Derby_--Mahrattas expel Portuguese from Salsette--Captain Inchbird--Mannajee Angria gives trouble--Dutch squadron repulsed from Gheriah--Gallant action of the _Harrington_--Sumbhajee attacks Colaba--English assist Mannajee--Loss of the _Antelope_--Death of Sumbhajee Angria--Toolajee Angria--Capture of the _Anson_--Toolajee takes the _Restoration_--Power of Toolajee--Lisle's squadron--Building of the _Protector_ and _Guardian_.
As an instance of the miseries to which men were exposed by Angria's piracies, may be mentioned the case of Mr.Curgenven, a private merchant of Madras.

Being bound on a trading voyage to China, he sailed from Surat in August, 1720, in the _Charlotte_.

Before he could get clear of the coast, he was captured by Angria's fleet and carried into Gheriah.

There he remained for nearly ten years, during the whole of which time he was made to wear fetters and work as a slave.

In spite of the letters he was able to send to Bombay, nothing appears to have been done to procure his liberty.