Ohfervations &c. ^op 



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

 that he would immediately apply proper Methods for the Sa- 

 tisfa6lion of them both, there was Probability enough, with- 

 out the Concurrence of a Prophecy, that fuch a Revolution 

 might be brought about at this Time. Yet notwithflanding/*'-''^Kr'"'/''- 

 all thefe unfavourable Circumftances, notwithftandingthe Day 

 and Hour were confidently prefixed for his Deftru6lion, Haffan 

 Ben y4ly was too ftrong for their Jaffar-eah, and, provided the 

 Alger'ines had not lately (1735") interpofed, would in all Ap- 

 pearance have left a peaceable PolTeflion of that Kingdom to 

 his Son. 



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

 tended Prophecies, fome of which, the Event very obvioufly ht 



that the M 

 )metan Do- 



Ihewed to be falfe, whilft others, at the beft, were uncertain '"'"'""" '"'' '" 



ans. 



i/e rejiorfd tu 



GuefTes only or probable Conjedtures. We are to wait there- f^ Uxxi^i- 

 fore 'till Time and Futurity determine the Veracity of that 

 very remarkable one, which promifeth to the Chriftians a 

 Reftoration of all thofe Kingdoms, which they formerly loft 

 to the Turhs 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 lliut 

 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 Cataflrophe. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Government, Forces and Revenues of the Algerines ; 

 of their Courts of Judicature and Punijhments h and of 

 their Interefts and Alliances with Chriftian Trinces. 



A 



Fom of 



S the Arahs have had no fmall Share in the foregomg The 

 Ohfervations, it maybe expedted, that fomething at leaftS^;™/ 

 fhouldbe premifed, with Regard to the Form of Government ^'£.^'' 

 that fubfifts among their Tribes. Now though the greateft 

 Part of them have been, for many Ages, under the TurhfJjXokQj 

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

 Courfe of Juftice, or in the Succeffion to thofe few Offices and Dig- 



I i i i nities 



