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and the IVeftem Moors under great Obligations , for not ex- 

 tending their Conquefts into their Dominions. 



To make up the Deficiencies in the Army, their cruiiing Veflels ^"'^ . *''''> 

 are fent out, every five or fix Years, to the Levant for Recruits. rec'ruhJ.' 

 Thefe generally confift of Shepherds, Outlaws, and Perfons of 

 the mcaneft Condition. Mahomet Bafjaw, who was the Vey 

 when I arrived at Algiers, was not afliamed to own his Ex- 

 traction, in a notable Difpute he had once with the Deputy Conful 

 of a neighbouring Nation ; My Mother, fays he, Jold Sheep's 

 Feet, and my Father Neafs Tongues, hut they would haveheen 

 ajhamed to have expo fed to Sale Jo worthlejs a Tongue as Tours. 

 Yet thefc Recruits,after they have been a little inftruded by their 

 Fellow Soldiers, and have got Caps to their Heads , Shoes to 

 their Feet, and a Pair of Knives to their Girdle, quickly begin to 

 aifed: Grandeur and iMajefty, expedt to be falutcd with the 

 Title of \_Ejffendi'\ Tour Grace \ and look upon the moft 

 confidcrable Citizens as their Slaves, and the Confuls of the 

 allied Nations as their Footmen. 



But hcMe^thQ^Q Levant-Turks , the T>ey may, at his Plea-'^'^'^g'^^' 

 fure, and efpecially upon any Emergency, enroll the Cologlies 'theL•"! 

 as they call the Sons of fuch Soldiers, who have been permitted 

 to marry at Algiers ; though fince the Time they made an 

 unfuccefsful Attempt upon the Government, by endeavourino- 

 tofeizc upon thQCaffauhah,xhQY have not been much encouraged 

 and when they are, they are always excluded from the Honour 

 of being Vej, Aga of the Janizaries, and other confidcrable 

 Offices and Employments. 



The Officers that command this fmall Army, (and it would ^ 



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be the fame if it amounted to it's former Complement oftwelve^^'"^''"'"^ ^ 



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thouland) are the ^a or General, thirty Tiah BaOjees or''"^^'^"'"" 

 Colonels, eight hundred Bulluck Bafiees or Captains, and a-'" 

 bout half that Number of Oda Bafiees or Lieutenants. The 

 Method of arriving at thefe Pofts, is not by Money and In- 

 tereft, but by Age and Seniority, the oldeft Soldier being ad- 

 vanced upon the Death of his Captain, &c. &c. though by the 

 Permiflion of the T>ey, a younger Soldier may purchafe the 

 Rank of an elder, the latter degrading himfelf in Return. 

 There is another Method alfo of haftening thefe Promotions : 

 for the Aga is removed as often as the Soldiers are paid, which 

 is every two Months, being fucceeded by X\i^.Chiah, who is the 



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