^10 " 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 fmall Poll Tax, that is 

 annually demanded by the Turks, they are left in full Poffefficn 

 of all their private Laws, Privileges and Cuftoms. Every 

 2)(?//-7^^r 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 Predeceflbrs the 

 Numidians ', when the Heir is too young, or fubjefl: to any 

 Infirmity, then they make Choice of the Uncle 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 Dif- 

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

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

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

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

 mous Crimes, rarely any other Punilhment is inflided thanBa- 

 nifliment. When one of thefe Perfons hath the Superintendance 

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

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

 over feveral Don-wars^ hath the Title either of The {Shehh el 

 Ktheer) Great Lord or Elder, or elfe of The {Emeer^) Trince, 

 The Government of the Algerines, which differeth little 

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

 fidered as the Stadtholder, and of a T>ou-wanne, or Common 

 Council. The T)ou-wanne is principally compofed of the thirty 

 Tiah BaJJjees, though the Mufti, the Cadj/ and the whole Sol- 

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

 ought to be agreed upon by this Aflembly, before they pafs into 

 Laws, and before the Dey is entrufted with the putting them 

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



I Militante Mafanljfa pro Carthag'mienfil/us in H'lfpan'ia, pater ejus moritur [GaU nomeii . 

 erat:) regnum ad fratrem regis Defalcem, pergrandem natu Cmos ita apud Ntm'tdas el\) per- 

 venit, Liv. 1. 29. 5- 29. 2 ^Ji. Senex. Senior. DoBor : aut authoritate, principatu 

 pietate & arte oonfpicuus. Vid. Go/, in voce. 3 >a.<], ab^/«l mandavit, juffit, prxcepit. 

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The Turkifli 

 Government. 



