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Algiers, shall not be seized undei- 

 any pretext whatever. The same 

 rule shall be observed by the Por- 

 tuguese, in regard to property 

 found by them on board any Al- 

 gerine vessel. 



In like tnanner the subjects and 

 goods belonging to either of the 

 contracting parties found on board 

 the vessel of an enemy of either of 

 the said parties, shall be respected 

 and set at liberty by both, But 

 they are not to commence their 

 voyage without a proper passport ; 

 and if that should happen to be 

 mislaid, such persons shall not on 

 that account be accounted slaves ; 

 but, on the contrary, upon its being 

 certified that they are subjects of 

 the contracting parties, they shall 

 be immediately set at liberty. 



VII. Should any Portuguese ves- 

 sel, chased by an enemy, take re- 

 fuge in any port of the dominions 

 of Algiers, or under its fortifica- 

 tions, the inhabitants shall defend 

 the said vessel, and shall not assent 

 to its receiving any damage. In 

 like manner should any Portuguese 

 vessel fall in with an enemy's ship 

 in a port of Algiers, and wish to 

 depart on her destination, her ene- 

 my shall not be permitted to sail 

 from the port till twenty-four 

 hours after her departure. — The 

 same shall take place with regard 

 to Algerine vessels in the harbours 

 of Portugal. 



VIII. Should any Portuguese 

 vessel be shipwrecked or stranded 

 on the Algerine coast, the governor 

 and inhabitants of the district shall 

 treat the crew with due humanity, 

 doing them no harm, nor permit- 

 ting them to be robbed : on the 

 contrary, they shall att'ord them all 

 possible assistance in saving the 

 said ship and cargo ; the crew not 



being bound to pay any thing to 

 such salvors but their salary or 

 day's wages. The same shall hold 

 with regard to any Algerine vessel 

 wrecked on the Portuguese coast. 



IX. The subjects of Portugal 

 may trade in the Algerine ports in 

 the same manner, paying the same 

 duties, and enjoying the same pri- 

 vileges as those stipulated for the 

 English. Algerine subjects shall 

 pay in Portugal the same duties as 

 those paid by the Enghsh. 



X. The Portuguese consul, esta- 

 blished in the dominions of Algiers, 

 shall be accounted and treated like 

 the British consul ; and he, as well 

 as his servants, and all others who 

 may wish to practise it, shall en- 

 joy the free exercise of his religion 

 in his own house. The same con- 

 sul may decide all controversies and 

 disputes arising among Portuguese 

 subjects, without the judges of the 

 country, or any other authority, 

 being entitled to interfere ; except 

 where a controversy arises between 

 a Portuguese and a Moor, in which 

 case the governor of the country 

 may decide it, in the presence of 

 the said consul. 



XI. The said consul and his 

 agents shall not be bound to pay 

 any debt contracted by Portuguese 

 subjects, unless where he has 

 bound himself by writing under his 

 hand and seal. 



XII. When any Portuguese dies 

 in the dominions of Algiers, all his 

 property shall be delivered to the 

 Portuguese consul, in order to be 

 remitted to the heirs of the deceas- 

 ed. 



XIII. Should there happen any 

 infraction of the present treaty on 

 thepart of the subjects of Portugal, 

 or those of Algiers, it shall not on 

 that account be considered as di«- 



