of the Algerines. 515 



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

 tending their Conquefts into their Dominions. 



To make up the Deficiencies in the Army, their cruilino; Veflcls ^""' '^^"'' 



^ y. ,- ^ Armies are 



are fent out, every five or nx Years, to the Levant for Recruits, recruited. 

 Thefe generally confift of Shepherds, Outlaws, and Perfons of 

 the meaneft Condition. Maloomet Bajljaw, who was the Dey 

 when I arrived at y^lgiers, was not afliamed to own his Ex- 

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

 of a neighbouring Nation ; My MotJoer, fays he, Jold SJoeefs 

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

 a/bamed to have expo fed to Sale jo worthlejs a Tongue as Tours. 

 Yet thefe Recruits,after they have been a little inftru6ted 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 

 affed Grandeur and Majefty, expe6l to be faluted with the 

 Title of [ Effendt ] Tour Grace ; and look upon the moft 

 confiderable Citizens as their Slaves, and the Confuls of the 

 allied Nations as their Footmen. 



But befides thefe Z.^i;^///-7^/rA^5, the T>ey may, at his Plea-Coi«giies 



1 (^ • -ty T-' y J enrolled m 



fure, and elpecially upon any Emergency, enroll xh^Cologlies ^keArmy, 

 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 endeavouring 

 tofeize upon thQCaffauhah, thay have not been much encouraged, 

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

 of being Dey, ^ga of the Janizaries, and other confiderable 

 Offices and Employments. 



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

 be the fame if it amounted to it's former Complement oftwelve;^7^;,^";J„/ 

 thoufand) are the ^ga or General, thirty Tiah Ba/hees orj'j;'^'"""" 

 Colonels, eight hundred Bulluck Ba/hees or Captains, and a- 

 bout half that Number of Oda Ba/hees or Lieutenants. The 

 Method of arriving at thefe Polls, 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 Dey, 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 ^ga is removed as often as the Soldiers are paid, which 

 is every two Months, being fucceeded by thQChiah, who is the 



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