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are treated in the mofl barbarous manner. 

 TI ey are the mofi: abjedt of flaves j any Moor, 

 even a child, will abufe and ftrike them when- 

 ever he thinks proper; complaint at beft would 

 avail nothing, but probably would draw down 

 upon them new and aggravated infults. Their 

 houfes muft at all times be open, and the Moors 

 go in when they pleafc. It could not be fup- 

 pofed that thefe vifits were of the mofi: polite 

 kind ; but Britifh urbanity can with difficulty 

 form an idea of the brutalities pradtifed by 

 thofe favage intruders. 



The induilry of thefe oppreffed Ifraelites is 

 aftonifiiing ; patient, perfevering, and dexte- 

 rous, they accumulate fortunes; and, amidft all 

 their fufferings, they never ceafe to have in 

 view their fole objecl, intereft ; yet they are for 

 the moll part fair traders, and contented with 

 moderate profits. Such is their humiliating 

 ftate, that even the richeft of them are glad t© 

 be ranked among the fervants of any Chrillian, 

 \t'hofe official fituation can afford them protec- 

 tion againfl the oppreffions under which they 

 groan. 



They are allowed to have their fynagogue ; 

 but whenever the Emperor wants money, he 

 lays them under contribution, fometimes by 

 feizing their place of worlhip, under pretence 

 that the ground it ftands upon is wanted for his 



Service. 



