Objervations &c. 509 



Contempt and Difregard he had for the Turks^ adding further, 

 that he would immediately apply proper Methods for the Sa- 

 tisfaftion of them both, there was Probabihty enough, with- 

 out the Concurrence of a Prophecy, that fuch a Revolution 

 might be brought about at this Time. Yet notwithftanding/^"^'^'//'"'/^• 

 all thefe unfavourable Circumftances, notwithftanding the Day 

 and Hour were confidently prefixed for his Deftruolion, Haffan 

 Ben Aly was too ftrong for their Jaffar-eah^ and, provided the 

 yilgerines had not lately (17? 5") interpofed, would in all Ap- 

 pearance have left a peaceable Pofleflion of that Kingdom to 

 his Son. 



It would be too tedious to recount any more of their pre-^p,,p/viy 

 tended Prophecies, fome of which, the Event very obvioufly htmeSn ΐΐ 

 iliewed to be falfe, whilft others, at the belt, were uncertain £7;/;;,,7J'' 

 GuelTes only or probable Conje6lures. We are to wait there- ^ts.*^''"'"" 

 fore 'till Time and Futurity determine the Veracity of that 

 very remarkable one, which promifeth to the Chrifi'ians a 

 Reftoration of all thofe Kingdoms, which they formerly loft 

 to the Turks and Saracens. Thus much may be obferved of 

 it already, that there is no Part of the Mahometan Dominions, 

 where this Tradition is not univerfally received, and that, in 

 Confequence thereof, the Gates of their Cities, are carefully fliut 

 up, every Friday, from ten 'till twelve o' Clock in the Morn- 

 ing, that being, as they fay, the Day and Time prefixed for this 

 notable Catafirophe. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Government, Forces and Revenues of the Algerines ; 

 of their Courts of Judicature and Punifloments -, and of 

 their Interefls and Alliances with Chriftian Princes. 



A 



S the Arahs have had no fmall Share in the foregoing κ 



'>:β Form of 



Obfervations, it may be expelled, thatfomething at leaftSr™? 



ihouldbe premifed,' with Regard to the Form of Government -i-^f" 

 that fubfifts among their Tribes. Now though the greateft 

 Part of them have been, for many Ages, under the Turhifj Yoke, 

 yet they are rarely interrupted, either in what may concern the 

 Courfe of Juftice, or in the SucceiTion to thofe few Offices andDig- 



I i i j nities 



