Indian Antiquary Vol 48

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
NOVIBER, 1919
one we boarded her but dast not enter * & man, for they was very stout and bould in thayr assalts with bowes and arrows, lances, sords and targats and abundance of stones. We boarded her five times and could not keep her fast. The sixth time of boarding we had a fire grapline 35 and chaine at our maine yard and fore yard arms, wbich we did let drop into her when she was alongst our side, and one of the Sanganians with his Simmeter with 3 or 4 blowes cutt the chaine and she fell astarne without our entering a man. At 6 in the evening we boarded her the seventh time, being in a readiness to board and to enter in him. She was alongst our side. Our gunner raised the mouth of a gun in the West 36 and fired into her, being loden with double head and round [shot). Leftenant Bings with 9 more entered and had a hard dispute, but they was concorers. The ship drove astarne, and before we could send the longboat to them, she sunke and we saved all our men, only Mr. Christopher Mason which has the King's letter and one man More which had reseved mortall wounds being disabled of strength and drowned. Leftenant Binge reseved two gangarous [? dangerous] cutts on the small of his back. At 8 we came to anchor in sight of the ship, for the head of her mast was above watter. No sooner was our anchor down, but we did perseve & great many blacks hanging on our ships ties and wales. 31 We got candles in lanthorns and brought them all into the ship to the number of 40 men and boys, plasing them fore and aft on the deck a both sides, thon seized (tied) their legs and arms one unto another, keeping a good watch over them at night, we haveing fair weather and a small gale."
Log of H.M.S. Phonix, Captain John Tyrrell, by one
John Beavan. Sloane M8. No. 854.] “Fryday the 18th [ September 1685 ), at noone we had the North poynt of Salitaett 38 EbS/So. 5 or 6 Leagues of.
Saturday the 19th. This 24 howers the winds from NNWt. to No. and NbEt.Small gails. We keepeing on After A Saile that wayed and stod of, at t past 2 After noone came up with him, and After two Broadsids with our uper gunds Boarded him. He Broak away 3 times, but Just before sunn sett boarded him Againe and Entered him. He then broak Away and Sunk. We Sent our boats, took up our men and Camo to an Anchor in 8 and 1 fathom. They killed us 3 men and one passenger and two drounded. We took up 41 of them : they had 107, the rest killed. He belonged to Singania, to or 3 Islands Lying in A Gulf by the River Indus. We rid till 10 this morning, then wayed and bore Away for Bombay. At past five wo Anchored in 7 fathom, the Somost tree on Old womana Island NW WT., the Sunken Rock NWt.B No., the fort N Et., and moored with our Stream, Anchor.
Killed : Bartholomew Hill, Hugh Mathews, David Dennis. Drounded : Christopher Masson, John Chipp. Wounded : Fower. Thomas Burroughs dyed.”
(Log of H.M.8. Phoenix by John Baphior.
Admiralty Caplains' Logs (Public Record Office) No. 3938.) 34 At this times distinction was made between boarding (i.e., coming alongside or board to board) and entering (i.c., sending an attacking party on board).
* Fire-grapling, & gra pling iron with which to captare fireshipe.-ED.
36 That part of the ship which lies between the Forecastle and the Quarterdeck. . 97 By . ties' (properly, cross-beams) here is meant the lower ends of the shroudo. The wale or
bende running horizontally and projecting slightly from the sides of the ship would afford some hold for the hand.
Saleotte Inland, immediately north of Bombay.-Ko.