With the Mahratta army close at hand in Salsette, the Bombay Council dared not push matters to extremity; so, invoking the help of Chimnajee Appa, the Peishwa's brother, they patched up a peace with Mannajee.

At the same time, Bombay succeeded in making a treaty of friendship with the Peishwa, which secured, to the English, trading facilities in his dominions.
While this was going on, a Dutch squadron of seven ships of war and seven sloops attacked Gheriah, and were beaten off.

A little later, Sumbhajee took the _Jupiter_, a French ship of forty guns, with four hundred slaves on board.

To English, Dutch, French, and Portuguese alike, his fortresses were impregnable.
In January, 1740, a gallant action was fought by the _Harrington_, Captain Jenkins.

The _Harrington_ was returning from a voyage to China, and, in coming up the coast, had joined company with the _Pulteney_, _Ceres_, and _Halifax_.