in august captain grant and "hercules" were involved in the "samarang" affair. on 7 august 1833 captain grant, the marine superintendent for jardine matheson & co., had "samarang" pulled up on the beach at tsinkeo bay and broken up. ten days later, a group of villagers from keeow village arrived with pikes and other makeshift arms and took away some of the copper and iron salvaged from "samarang". in the subsequent melee, the british seized a local, but released him when he agreed to return to his village and retrieve the stolen materials. a few days after that, the villagers came again to raid the salvage. in the altercation that followed a seacunny disappeared, believed kidnapped by the villagers, or killed by them. grant organized a force from "hercules" and the other opium ships at anchor and attacked the village. gunfire ensued as the villagers fired some cannon; the only major casualty was a villager, who was killed. captain grant, working on the basis of "a life for a life", was willing to let matters rest at that. however, an official inquiry resulted that took some time to smooth over the affair, with the assistance of a made up story and some bribes. for a slightly different account see karsch.