XVIII.

THE REDEMPTION OF CAPTIVES. _17th and 18th Centuries_ 235-255

Slaves on shore, 235--Dan's account, 236--Cruelty the exception, 241--Government slaves, 242--Sale of captives, 243--Pitiful history of four Knights of Malta, 244--Cervantes in captivity, 246--Attempts to escape, 247--The Order of the Redemption, 251--Father Dan and the mission of Sanson le Page, 252--Arrival of the new Pasha at Algiers, 253--The Bastion de France, 254--Father Comelin, 255.