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plcafe. I took with me a French renegado, of the name of 

 Ofman, recommended to me by Moniicur Bartheleny de 

 Saizieux, conful of France to that ftate ; a gentleman 

 whole converfation and frjendfliip furnifh .me ilill with 

 feme of the moll agreeable reflections that refu.lt from 

 my travels. With Ofman I took ten fpahi, or horfe- 

 foldiers, well armed with firelocks ,and piftols, excellent 

 horiemen, and, as far as Icould ever difcern upon the few 

 occakons that prefented, as eminent for cowardice, at leaft, 

 as they were for horfemanfhip. This -was not the cafe 

 with Ofman, who was very brave, but he needed a fharp 

 look-out, that he did not often embroil us where there was 

 accefs to women or to wine. 



-One of the moft agreeable favours I received was from a 

 lady of the Bey, who furnimed me with a two-wheeled 

 covered cart, exactly like thofe of the bakers in England. 

 In this I fecured my quadrant and telefcope from the wea- 

 ther, and at .times put likewife fome,of the feebleft of my 

 attendants. Befides thefe I had ten fervants, two of whom 

 were Irim, who having deferted from the Spanifh regi- 

 ments in Oran, and being Britilh born, though flaves, as 

 being Spanifh foldiers, were given to me at parting by the 

 Dey of Algiers. 



The coaft along which I had failed was part of Numidia 

 and Africa Proper, and there I met with no ruins. I refol- 

 ved now to difcribute my inland journey through the king- 

 dom of Algiers and Tunis. In order to comprehend the 

 whole.,, I firft fet out along the river Majerda, through a 

 country perfectly cultivated and inhabited by people under 

 2 the 



