Chap. II. between the Inhabitants of Great-Britain, 
Mr. Cooke {hewed his Want of Skill in Architecture, 
where a proper and convenient Situation ought to be well 
■«onfidered-i for it is built upon the Point of Rocks that 
jets into the Sea, where there are no Springs' of frefh Wa- 
ter, and it {lands within eight hundred Paces of an Hill 
called Dungeree , that over-looks it ; and an Enemy might 
much incommode it from the Hill, as we; found by Ex- 
perience, in Anno 1689, when the Mogul fent an Army 
on Bombay . 
As for the Magnitude, Figure, and Materials of the 
Fort, there is no Fault to be found in them, for it is a re- 
gular Tetragon ; the outward Polygon is about five hun- 
dred Paces, and it is built of good hard Stone, and can 
mount above one hundred Pieces of Cannon, and that is 
all that is commendable in it. But had it been built about 
five hundred Paces more to the fouth ward, on a more 
acute Point of Rocks, called Msndham’s- Point, it had 
been much better, on feveral Accounts ; firft, it had been 
much nearer the Road for protecting the Shipping there ; 
it had, been farther off Hunger e e-hill it would have had 
a pretty Spring of good Water, which ferved the Hofpital 
that was afterwards built there, and the Shipping had 
been better fecured that lay in the little Bay between the 
Point where the Fort now ftands and Mendham's- Point. 
They went about building feveral other little Forts and 
Sconces, in convenient Places, to hinder an Invafion, if 
any of their Neighbours fhould have attempted one. At 
Mafagun there was one, at Souree one, at Sian one, at Ma- 
him one, and Werlee had one, and Tome great Guns mount- 
ed on each of them. 
Notwithftanding the Company was at fo much Charge 
in building of Forts, they had no Thoughts of building 
a Church ; for many Years after, Sir George Ox endon be- 
gan to build one, and charitable Collections were gathered 
for that Ufe : But when Sir George died, Piety grew lick, 
and the Building of Churches was grown unfalhionable. 
Indeed, it was a long Time before the Ifland had People 
enough to fill a Chapel that was in the Fort ; for as fall 
as Recruits came from Britain they died in Bombay , which 
got the Iiland a bad Name. There was reckoned above 
5000 Pounds had been gathered towards building the 
Church *, but Sir John Child, when he came to reign in 
Bombay , converted the Money to his own Ufe, and never 
more was heard of it. The Walls were built by his Pre- 
deceffors to five Yards high, and fo it continued till the 
Year 1715, that Mr. Boone came to the Chair, who fet 
about building it, and in five Years Time finifhed it by his 
own Benevolence ; and of other Gentlemen, who, by his 
Perfuafions, were brought in to contribue ; the Company 
alfo contributed fomething towards that pious End. 
About the Year 1674, Prefident Aungier , a Gen- 
tleman well qualified for the Government, came to the 
Chair ; and leaving Surat to the Management of Depu- 
ties, came to Bombay , and rectified many Things that 
were amifs, and brought the Face of Juftice to be un- 
veiled, which before Jay hid in a fingle Perfon’s Breafl, 
who dlftributed her Favours according to the Governor’s 
Direction. He ereCted a formal Court, where Pleas 
were brought in and debated. But that Method lafted but 
a few Years : When Sir John Child came to the Chair, the 
Court expired. Mr .Aungier advifed the Company to en- 
clofe the Town from Dungeree to Mendham's-Point , for 
feewring the trading People from the Infults of their trou- 
blefome beggarly Neighbours on the Continent : But his 
Propofals were rejected, and that neceffary Piece of Work 
was referved for Mr. Boone alfo. And happy it was for the 
Inhabitants that the Town was fecured by a Wall, otherwife 
Connojee Aungarie would have haraffed them with continual 
Infults, fince his War with the Englijh began. The Name 
of Mr. Aungier is much revered by the ancient People of 
Surat and Bombay to this Day. His Juftice and Dexte- 
rity in managing Affairs got him fuch an Efteem, that the 
Natives of thofe Places made him the common Arbitrator 
of their Differences in point of Traffick ; nor was it ever 
known that any Party receded from his Award. There 
are no Dangers in going into Bombay Road, but one funk 
Rock, that lies about half a League from the Caftle. It is 
dry at Low-water, and has a Channel within it deep 
enough for the greateft Ships to pafs, I never heard of 
any, Damage done. by that Rock, but to.a fmall Ship called 
the Baden, which, by. Carleffnefs, run on it’-at Noon-Hay,, 
and was loft. 
In the Year \t 6731 the Dutch Eafi- India Company hav- 
ifigoan Eye on Bombay ,. fent a Squadron of Ships, with a 
little. Army to try if they could take it among their 
other Conquefts of India but, On their Landing, met 
with fo warm > a Reception, that they were glad to get off 
with the Lois of two- or three hundred of their Men, and 
fo ' left the i'Engli/h tin the quiet Pofteffion of it. The 
Governors proved^ tolerably good till 1682, that Sir John 
Child came thither. The India Company knowing how 
to make Ufe Jof Kin§ Charles’ s ■ Meeefikies, made him feme 
Prefents, and he, hi grateful 'Aclmowledgment, 'granted 
them Power •, but they ufed that Power to their own Beftruc- 
tion, for Mr. . Child's: Pride ; and ; Oppreifions greW fo very 
intolerable, then even the Gentlemen in the Company^ 
Service, had: not the: free Exereife of Trade, arid f much lefs 
private Merchants : And he trampling on the eftablifhed 
I .aw 5 of England , and ! by Afiv-ice -Of his Name-fake, who 
governed the Company in Europe, by imprifoning and 
murdering their Fellow Subjects, grew hateful to all. 
In Anno 16 84, he made his Brother-in-law, Mr .Ward, 
his Deputy of Bombay, who defigned to fifh in troubled 
Waters. Mr. • Child being honoured with the Title of 
Baronet, by the powerful Motives of the Company’s Mo- 
ney to: the King ; at the fame Time got the Commiff on 
of General, which puffed him up fo, that he contemned 
all Laws, human and divine. The military Gentlemen, 
who had made Contracts in England For ihdir Salaries, 
though paid at 20 per Cent, lefs; yet, to Ihew himfelf a 
good Oeconomift for his Mailers Interefts, fentlhis Deputy 
frefti Orders to reduce their Pay to 30 per Cent. Ms than 
it was before, though it was fo fmall that they could 
hardly bring both Ends to bear at the Month’s End, 
That hard Pill the Sons of Mars could not fwallow, and 
fo bent their Minds on a Revolution ; and having come 
to Tome Knowledge of Mr. Ward's Tampering with the 
Sevajee to land on the Ifland, they detected Tome Letters 
of his to that Purpofe, which gave them a Ground for a 
Revolt. The Sevajee, indeed, fent a Fleet of eighty Sail 
of fmall Veffels to land on the Bay which faces the Ocean ; 
.but on their trying to land fome Forces, they were warmly 
repulfed, and loft many of their Men, which made them 
draw off again in Confufion ; and Mr. JVard being con- 
fronted with his own Letters, and having little to fay in 
his own Defence, was made a Prifoner; and General 
Child's Faction was fent to Surat to him. 
The Iflanders taking the Government of the Ifland into 
their own Hands, chofe Captain Kegwine Major of the 
Military, to fuperintend military Affairs, and one Captain 
fhorburn to regulate the Civil. General Child fo on dis- 
patched Letters to England , and gave an Account of the 
Rebellion ; and King Charles difpatched a Frigate, called 
the Phoenix , for India, to demand the Reftitution of the 
Ifland, and put it again into the Company’s Hands. They 
-arrived at Bombay in September 1685, and Ihewed the 
King’s Letter, with a full Pardon to all who yielded Obe- 
dience, which the Iflanders unanimoufly did ; but for 
their own Security, drew up fome Articles to be figned by 
General Child, and Captain Tyrell, who commanded the 
Phoenix ; which Articles were. That any Perfon that had a 
Mind to go to England, fhould have free Liberty and Paf- 
fage on board the Company’s Shipping : which, being 
agreed to and figned, Captain Kegwine took his Paffage 
on board the firft Ship ; but Thorburn being a married 
Man, and having a fmall Eftate, as well as a Family on 
the Ifland, could not fo eafily remove, but trufted to the 
ACt of Grace, and the Treaty they had made. 
After General Child had got the Reins of Government 
again into his own Elands, he became more infupportable 
than ever. He ereCted a Court of Inquifition, and made 
an old Greek, one Captain Gary , Judge, who had con- 
demned a Man to be hanged on a fuefday , and the Man 
buffered according to Sentence : But, on the Friday after, 
the poor dead Fellow was ordered to be called before the 
Court, but he would not comply with the Orders. Cap- 
tain thorburn was the firft that felt the Weight of Mr. 
Child's Difpleafure •, he got fome Fellows to fwear him out 
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