196 Journ. of the Asvat. Soc. of Bengal. (July & Aug., 191. , 
great affront and insult to him, for these Mogors (P. 176] 
are all a proud and arrogant race. He hurriedly collected 
500 horse, many footmen, some elephants and some fel 
unmooring, the boats of D. Francisco d’Essa and D. Francis 
co de Menezes fell foul of each other and could not cleat. 
tide was falling. [P. 177} D. Francisco d’Kssa and the 
other soldiers strove and fought their hardest, but the other 
boats could not help owing to the force of the current runnllg 
Lopes felt this disaster deeply, as the business had beet 
pocmialy carried through, with the exception of the 
ouling. / 
This done, they returned to watch the ships. As water WS 
running short, they went for it to a village above the Abys 
ian one, where there was a watering place, about two 
shots inland. Landing his men on the shore, the Comma 
sent his brother Joio Rodrigues Coutinho with a te 
ea he remained in the rear to see who was coming 
alted in a sort of ambuscade in a Village to 8 ’ 
