employed against Gheriah;
  her uselessness;
  casualties on;
  fired on by the Cassandra;
  her ultimate fate.
Pilot sloop, the, taken by Toolajee Angria. 
Pirates, earliest mention of, in India;
  their efficiency as seamen;
  extent of their raids from Madagascar;
  in India, whence recruited;
  their treatment of English prisoners;
  their cruelty to native merchants;
  commissions issued to Kidd for capture of;
  Warren sent with a squadron against;
  Royal Squadron sent from Europe to extirpate;
  pardon offered to, for voluntary surrender of;
  acts passed for repression of;
  rewards for capture of;
  execution of;
  Matthews sent against;
  cessation of danger from. 
Pitts, Lieutenant, commander of the Josiah, perishes with his ship. 
Plantain, John, ex-pirate, entertains Matthews. 
Pocock, Hear-Admiral, his share in the spoil of Gheriah. 
Poola Cadamon Pillay, blamed for the massacre at Anjengo. 
Poolas, the, their intrigues in Attinga. 
Poola Venjamutta, usurps power in Attinga;
  intrigues with Kyffin;
  treats with Walter Brown;
  plays a double part;
  sends food to the besieged at Anjengo;
  friendly to the English. 
Port Dauphin, a pirate settlement. 
Porter, Endymion, licensed with Bonnell
  and Kynaston to prey on ships of non-friendly nations;
  his association with Sir William Courten. 
Portuguese, the, the crew of the London compelled to attack;
  their ‘armado’ captured by Angria;
  refuse to allow Sivajee to land at Thana;
  friction with, at Bombay;
  their co-operation secured against Angria;
  attacked at Alibagh by Sahoojee’s forces;
  ill-feeling between the English and;
  Angria opens negotiations with;
  their General of the North insulted by Matthews;
  two of their grabs captured by English galleys;
  come to terms with the Council at Bombay;
  espouse the cause of Mannajee Angria;
  ally themselves with Sumbhajee Angria;
  expelled from Salsette by the Mahrattas;
  effect of their intervention in Angrian quarrels;
  besieged at Bassein;
  Caranjah taken from, by Mannajee Angria;
  drive Sumbhajee Angria from Chaul;
  resign Chaul to the Peishwa;
  employed as interpreters.
President, the, Company’s ship, attacked by Muscat Arabs.
Prince, the, Bombay sloop, takes a Muscat ship.
Princess Augusta, the, captured by Toolajee Angria;
  redeemed.
Princess Caroline, the, Company’s ship, sent against Sumbhajee Angria.
Protector, the, sloop, man-of-war,
  built to protect the Malabar coast from Angrian pirates;
  commanded by James;
  takes part in the attack on Severndroog;
  sent to Madras;
  returns to Bombay;
  takes part in the combined attack on Gheriah. 
Proud, John, master of the Swan, attacks the Roebuck. 
Providence Island, a pirate resort.
Pulteney, the Company’s ship,
  attacked by Angrian pirates;
  sent against Sumbhajee Angria’s fleet.