This they did.
Sir John Boswell had of course told me how his boat had been chased by a fishing craft, manned by a large number of the pirates, and that he feared the rest might similarly have escaped, and might have gone to bring some more of Hassan Ali's ships upon us.
"As soon as Santoval landed, some of the natives came down and told him that there was not a pirate remaining there, the rest having started in another boat a few minutes after the one that had chased Boswell.
Santoval left two of his men with orders to ascend to the highest spot on the island, and to keep watch, and then brought the rest off to his galley.

Our first step was, of course, to send all the women and children ashore.

Then we consulted as to what had best be done if the pirates should come back in force.

We hoped, at any rate, that this would not happen until you arrived.

We expected that you would be here before noon; but we decided that, should they get here before you, we from our galley would embark on Santoval's, as it was better to fight in one strongly manned boat than to divide our forces.
"It was scarce half an hour after Santoval came down before the men left on the lookout appeared on the beach.