58 Geographical Ohjervations upon the Sea Coafl 



Ras el Amoupje. The Diftance indeed is the fame^, but the 

 Navigation in the Gulf betwixt Them, is not fo dangerous at pre- 

 fent, as it is reprefented to be by That Author. 



"^^^Jort of j-jjQ \^Mers' el [ ^'<^ ] I)babanne'\ Tort of Flies is half a League 

 to the Eaftward of the Ras Accon-natter\ after which, direct- 

 ing our Courfc, for the Space of three Miles, towards the S. E. 

 we turn into the Port of S^AlJezeire alGazk or [ o>*'* ] Maga- 

 zie] Algiers The Warlike, as the Turks are pleafed to call It. 



Algiers f This Placc, which for feveral Ages hath braved the greateft 



LIKE. '^ Powers oi απΐβε?ΐάο?η, is not above a Mile and a half in Cir- 

 cuit, though computed to contain about looo Chrifi'ian Slaves, 

 lycoo yews, and looooo Mahometans, of which only thirty 



Th! Situation ( at moft ) atc Renegadoes. It is lituated upon the Declivity 

 of a Hill, that faceth the North and North-Eaft ; whereby the 

 Houfes rife fo gradually above each other, that there is icarce 

 one in the whole City, but what in one or other of thofe Di- 

 reolions, hath a full View of the Sea. The Walls are weak and 

 of little Defence, unlefs where They are further fecured by fome 



2T?i. Μ Λ«</ additional Fortification. ThQCa/Tauhah, which is built upon 



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the higheft Part of the City, and makes the Weftern Angle of 

 It, is of an o6logonal Figure, each of the Sides in View having 

 Their proper Port-holes or Emhrajures. The North- Angle near 

 \^Bab [v^O el fFed^ The Gate of the River \ and the South- 

 Angle near Bah Azoone ', are each of Them guarded with a 

 fmall Baftion. [Bah [ '^^->=^ ] Jiddeed'] The new Gate, lying be- 

 twixt Bah Azoone and the Caffauhah, hath a fquare upright 

 Battery : and betwixt the Caffauhah and Bah el Wed, there are a 

 few Jettings out of the Wall, with Port-holes, but with few or no 

 Cannon belonging to Them. The Ditch, which formerly fur- 

 rounded the City, is almoft entirely filled up, except at Bah 

 el Wed and Bah Azoone : where likewife It would be of little 

 Confequence and Defence. 

 The vortifica- Ftom Bah el Wed and Bah Azoone to the Caffauhah, the 

 ike Walls. Diltancc each Way is about three Furlongs, m an Afcent of fif- 

 teen or twenty Degrees. Betwixt Bah el Wed and the fandy Bay 

 that lyeth a Furlong from It to the N. W. is the Caftle of Sitt- 

 eet Ako-leet, built for the moft Part in a regular Manner, and 

 very capable of annoying an Enemy both in Their landing, and 



I Ce fut par h Bab-Ja^on que la Villcd' Algier fut ailiegcc par yiuzonVdncc dc Maur'tta- 

 nie, & cette Porte a retcmie Ton Nom M(?no'irSy du Cheyalier D' /irvieux. Tom.y. p. 220. 



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