68 Geographical Objervations upon the Sea Coaji 



Ras el Amoujloe. The Diftanee indeed is the fame, but the 

 Navigation in the Gulf betwixt Them, is not fo dangerous at pre- 

 fent, as it is reprefented to be by That Author. 



rj^^^por? of j-jjQ \^Meri el\y'^'\ Dhahanne'] Tort of Flies is half a League 

 to the Eaftward of the Ras Ac con-natter \ after which, direct- 

 ing our Courfe, for the Space of three Miles, towards the S. E. 

 we turn into the Port of [^Aljezeireal Gazie or [ ^';=^^ ] Maga- 

 zie'] Algiers The Warlike, as the Turks are pleafed to call It. 



Algiers f This Placc, which for fevcral Ages hath braved the greateft 



LIKE. Powers o( Chriflendom, is not above a Mile and a half in Cir- 

 cuit, though computed to contain about aooo Chriflian Slaves^ 

 lyooo Jews, and looooo Mahometans, of which only thirty 



The situafwn (^'i.t moft ) are Renegadoes. It is fituated upon the Dechvity 

 of a Hill^ that faceth the North and North-Eaft ; whereby the 

 Houfes rife fo gradually above each other, that there is fcarce 

 one in the whole City, but what in one or other of thofe Di- 

 redions, hath a full View of the Sea. The Walls are weak and 

 of little Defence, unlefs where They are further fecured by fome 



The Walls aifd2.di6i\t\on-A\ Fortificatiou. The Caffaiibah, which is built upon 



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the higheft Part of the City, and makes the Weftern Angle of 

 It, is of an odlogonal Figure, each of the Sides in View having 

 Their proper Port-holes or Emhrafures. The North-Angle near 

 \^Bab C^^-?] el Wed^ The Gate of the River \ and the South- 

 Angle near Bah Azoone\ are each of Them guarded with a 

 fmall Baftion. \Bah [ ^^^=^ ] Jiddeed^ The new Gate, lying be- 

 twixt Bab Azoone and the Caffauhah, hath a fquare upright 

 Battery : and betwixt the Caffauhah and Bah el Wed, there are a 

 few Jettings out of the Wall, with Port holes, but with few or no 

 Cannon belonging to Them. The Ditch, which formerly fur- 

 rounded the City, is almoft entirely filled up, except at Bah 

 el Wed and Bah Azoone : where likewife It would be of little 

 Confequence and Defence. 

 The Forffca- Ftom Bah el Wed and Bah Azoone to the Caffauhah, the 



t'lOTis -without . ^ . . ^-^ 



the Walls. Diltance each Way is about three Furlongs, m an Afcent of fif- 

 teen or twenty Degrees. Betwixt Bah el Wed and the fandy Bay 

 that lyeth a Furlong from It to the N. W. is the Caftle of Sitt- 

 eet Ako-leet, built for the moft Part in a regular Manner, and 

 very capable of annoying an Enemy both in Their landing, and 



I Ce fut par la Bdb-Aaz.o» que la Villcd' Algier fut afliegec par ^.tzon'PdDce de Maurita- 

 tiir, & cette Porte a rctcnue fon Norn Memoirs, du Cl)e]\irter D' /^rvieax. Tom.j. p.220. 



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