Of the Southern Province. 6§ 



in lodging Themfelves afterwards in XhtBa-hyras, as They call 

 the adjacent Plains and Gardens. Haifa Mile to the W. oi Bah 

 ^zoone is the Ain Rehatj where there is likewife another fan- A"» R^bar, 

 dy Bay with Ba-hyras : betwixt which and Algiers the Road is 

 more ftraight and rugged than at Bab el Wed^ though in the nar- 

 roweft Part of It, thirty Men may march in Front. There is 

 alfo a Caftle for the Security of This Road, but inferiour, both 

 in Strength and Extent, to that of Sitteet Akoleet. 



Both Thefe Bays, with Their refpeolive Ba-hyras are over- Amdge of 

 looked by a Ridge of Hills, lying nearly upon a Level with the ci/zw! 

 Caffauhah. Two well built Caftles are placed upon It ; one of 

 which, called from It's five acute Angles, The Ca file of the Star ^ 

 is within a Furlong of the Cajfauhah and commandeth the fan- 

 dy Bay and Ba-hyras at Bah el Wed: the other, called The Em- 

 peroufs €αβ^, at half a Mile's Diftance, hath a full Command 

 of the Ridge, the Cafile of the Star, and the fandy Bay and Ba- 

 hyras towards ^in Rehat. 



Beyond the Ba-hyras of Bah el JVed, as far as Ras Accon- where 

 natter, the Shore is made up of Rocks and Precipices: but to Wi/fi,/ 

 the Eaftward οΐ Algiers, from Am Rehat, round a large Bay to'^"""'' 

 Temendfufe, the Shore is acceiTible in moft Places. The Em- 

 perour Charles V. in His unfortunate Expedition A. D. MDXLI 

 againft This City, landed His Army at Ain Rehat, where 

 there ftill remaineth a Fragment of the Peer, fuppofed to 

 have been creeled for that Purpofe. The better likewife to 

 fecure a Correfpondence with His Fleet, and to fuccour His 

 Troops in Their intended Approaches towards the City, He 

 poiTefled himfelf of the Ridge 1 have been defcribing, where He 

 laid the Foundation and built the round or inner Part of the 

 Caitle, that continueth to be called after His Name. 



Such is the Strength and Situation of Algiers to the Land- 'The Fortifier- 

 ward. But towards the Sea, we fliall find It better fortified andEi!'""'^ ' 

 capable to make a more ftrenuous Defence. For the Emhra- 

 fares y in This Direolion, are all einployed : the Guns are of Brafs ; 

 and Their Carriages and other Utenfils in good Order. The 

 Battery of the Mole Gate, upon the Eaft Angle of the City, is 

 mounted with feveral long Pieces of Ordinance, one of which, 

 if I miftake not, hath feven Cylinders,each of Them three Inches 

 in Diameter. Half a Furlong to the W. S. W. of the Har- 

 bour, is the Battery of Fifiefs Gate, or \^Bah el Bahar'] The 



S Gate 



