2 1 ο Of the Government, Forces &c. 



nities that belong properly to themfelves. For, provided 

 they live peaceably, pay regularly the eighth Part of the 

 Produce of their Lands, together with a fmaW Poll Tax, that is 

 annually demanded by the Turks, they are left in fullPoflTellion 

 of all their private Laws, Privileges and Cuitoms. Every 

 Ί)οη-τί/αν therefore may be looked upon as a little Principality, 

 over which it is ufual, for that particular Family, (which 

 is of the greateft Name, Subftance and Reputation) to prefide. 

 However this Honour does not always lineally defcend from 

 Father to Son, but, as it was among their PredeceiTors the 

 Numidtans ", when the Heir is too young, or fubjecl to any 

 Infirmity, then they make Choice of the LTncle or fome other 

 Relation, who, for Prudence and Wifdom, is judged to be the 

 fitteft for that Employ. Yet, notwithftanding the defpotic 

 Power which is lodged in this Perfon, all Grievances and Dii^ 

 putes are accomodated in as amicable a Manner as poffible, by 

 calling to his AiTiftance one Perfon or two, out of each Tent : 

 and as the Offender is confidercd as a Brother, the Sentence is 

 always given on the favourable Side ; and, even in the moil enor- 

 mous Crimes, rarely any other Puniihment is inflifted than Ba- 

 niiliment. When one of thefe Perfons hath the Superintendance 

 over one 'Dou-war only, he is commonly called the Shehh ' .• but 

 the Ruler or chief Perfon of a Tribe, whofe Authority reacheth 

 over feveral Dou-wars, hath the Title either of The {Shekh el 

 Kibeer) Great Lord or Elder ^ or elfe of The (Emeer^) Trince, 

 The Government of the Algerines, which differeth little 

 from that of Tunis , confifls of the T>ey , who is to be con- 

 fidered as the Stadtholder, and of a 'Dou-wanne^ or Common 

 Council. The Dou-wanne is principally compofed of the thirty 

 Tiah Bafiees, though the Mufti, the Cady and the whole Sol- 

 diery fometimes, are called upon to aflfift. All Affairs of Moment 

 ought to be agreed upon by this Aiiembly, before they pafsinto 

 Laws, and before the T)ey is entruited with the putting them 

 in Execution. But for fome Years there hath been little Ac- 



1 Militante Mafanijjfa pro Canhaginienjibas in Hifpama, pater ejus moritur [Gala nomen 

 crac;) regnum ad fratrem regis Oe(alccm, pergrandem natu ("mos ita apud Nufnidas eft^ per- 

 venit. Liv. 1. 29. 5• 29• 2 ^λΑ Senex. Senior. Doitor : aut authoricate, principatu 

 pictatc & arte confpicuus. Yid.Gol. in voce. ; >a/<1, ab^^ mandavit, juffit, praeccplt. 

 Idem. 



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