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XXII.

THE FRENCH IN AFRICA. 1830-1881 301-310

French quarrel with Algiers, 301--Duperré's expedition, 302--Surrender of Algiers and departure of the last Dey, 302--Cruelties in French occupation of Algiers, 303--'Abd-el-K[=a]dir leads the Arabs, 305--His victories and reverses, 306--His submission and exile, 306--Subsequent French policy in Algiers, 307--The invasion of Tunis, 307--Perfidy of the French Government, 308--A reign of terror, 309.

INDEX. 311

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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ALGIERS, 1700 _Frontispiece_

GALLEON OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 5

CARAVEL OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY 11

THE BARBARY PENINSULA 15

A MAP OF THE KINGDOMS OF BARBARY 17

TUNIS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 33

GALLEY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 37

J[=I]JIL, 1664 41

ALGIERS IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 47

OBSERVATION WITH THE CROSSBOW 55

AN ADMIRAL'S GALLEY 63

GALLEASSE 69

ANDREA DORIA 79

TUNIS, 1566 87

COMPASS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 99

OBSERVATION WITH THE ASTROLABE 104

GALLEY AT ANCHOR 107

SIEGE OF ALGIERS, 1541 115

CASTLE OF JERBA 125

SIEGE OF "AFRICA," 1390 129

GREEK FIRE 131

MEDIEVAL FIREARMS 132

MEDIEVAL PROJECTILES 132

SKETCH OF THE PORT OF MALTA IN 1565 152, 153

ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN A SPANISH GALLEON AND A DUTCH SHIP 165

ARABIC ASTROLABE (TWO POSITIONS) 170, 171

TUNIS IN 1573 183

SAL[=E] IN 1637 189

FIGHT OF THE "MARY ROSE" WITH ALGERINE PIRATES, 1669 197

GALLEY RUNNING BEFORE THE WIND 203

STAGES IN BUILDING A GALLEY 207

PLAN AND SECTIONS OF A GALLEY 209

HOLD OF A GALLEY 211

GALLEASSE OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 227

ANCHOR 232

TORMENTS OF THE SLAVES 237

TORMENTS OF THE SLAVES 239

FATHERS OF THE REDEMPTION 249

TRIPOLI 281

[*.*] These illustrations are chiefly reproduced from _La Sphère des deux Mondes_, composée en François, par Darinel pasteur des Amadis, Anvers, 1555; Furttenbach's _Architectura Navalis_, 1629; Dan's _Histoire de Barbarie_, 1637; Ogilby's _Africa_, 1670; Adm. Jurien de la Gravière's _Derniers Jours de la Marine à Rames_; and the maps [63842. (3.)--S. 9. 9. (39).--S. 10. 2.--64162. (2.)--64043. (1.)] in the British Museum.

LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES CONSULTED.

Bat[=u]ta, Ibn-: _Voyages._ Ed. Defrémery. 4 vols. Paris. 1874-9.

Braithwaite, J.: _History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco upon the death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael._ 1729.

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Broadley, A. M.: _Tunis, Past and Present._ 2 vols. 1882.

Celesia, E.: _Conspiracy of Fieschi._ E. T. 1866.

Cervantes: _Don Quixote._ Trans. H. E. Watts. 5 vols. 1888-9.

Chenier, L. S.: _Present State of the Empire of Morocco._ E. T. 1788. _Cruelties of the Algerine Pirates._ 1816.

Dan, Père F.: _Histoire de Barbarie et de ses Corsaires._ 2nd ed. Paris. 1649.

Eur[=i]s[=i], El-: _Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne._ Ed. Dozy and De Goeje. Leyden. 1866.

Froissart, J.: _Chronicles._ Trans. T. Johnes. 2 vols. 1844.

Furttenbach, J.: _Architectura Navalis: das ist, Von dem Schiff-Gebaw, auf dem Meer und Seekusten zu Gebrauchen._ Ulm. 1629.

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Haedo, Diego de: _Topographia e Historia General de Argel._ Valladolid. 1612.

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_Journal Asiatique_: Ser. II., iv., xii.; III., xi., xii., xiii.; IV., iii., v., vii., x., xviii.; V., ii., v., vi., xii., xiii.; VI., xviii.; VII., vii.

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Playfair, Sir R. L.: _The Scourge of Christendom._ 1884.

Reclus, Elisée: _Nouvelle Géographie Universelle._ XI. Paris.

_Registre des Prises._ Algiers. 1872.

Rousseau, Baron A.: _Annales Tunisiennes._ Algiers. 1864. " : _History of the Conquest of Tunis by the Ottomans._ 1883.

Shaw, T.: _Travels in Barbary and the Levant._ 3rd ed. Edinb. 1808.

Windus, J.: _Journey to Mequinez._ 1725.

INTRODUCTION.

THE BARBARY CORSAIRS.