STATES OF BARBARY. 



UNDER this head are included the countries of, 1, Morocco and 

 Fez ; 2, Algiers ; 3, Tunis ; 4, Tripoli and Barca. 



The empire of Morocco, including Fez, is bounded on the north 

 by the Mediterranean Sea; on the south by Tafilet; and on the east 

 by Segelmessa, and the kingdom of Algiers ; being 500 miles in 

 length, and 480 in breadth. 



Fez, which is now united to Morocco, is about 125 miles in length, 

 and much the same in breadth. It lies between the kingdom of Algiers 

 to the east, and Morocco on the south, and is surrounded on other 

 parts by the sea. 



Algiers, formerly a kingdom, is bounded on the east by the king- 

 dom of Tunis, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the south by 

 Mount Atlas, and on the west by the kingdoms of Morocco and Ta- 

 filet. According to Dr. Shaw, this country extends in length 480 

 miles along the coast of the Mediterranean, and is between 40 and 

 100 miles in breadth. 



Tunis is bounded by the Mediterranean on the north and east ; and 

 the kingdom of Algiers on the west ; and by Tripoli, with part of 

 Biledulgerid, on the south ; being 220 miles in length from north to 

 south, and 170 in breadth from east to west. 



Tripoli, including Barca, is bounded on the north by the Mediter- 

 ranean Sea ; on the south by the country of the Beriberes ; on the 

 west, by the kingdom of Tunis, Biledulgerid, and the territory of the 

 Gadamis; and on the east by Egypt; extending about 1100 miles 

 along the sea-coast ; and the breadth is from 1 to 300 miles. 



Each capital bears the name of the state or kingdom to which it 

 belongs* 



The Barbary states form a great political confederacy, however 

 independent each may be as to the exercise of its internal polity ; 

 nor is there a greater difference than happens in different provinces 

 of the same kingdom, in the customs and manners of the inhabit- 

 ants. 



Climate, soil, produce. ...The air of Morocco is mild, as is that 

 of Algiers, and indeed all the other states, except in the months of 

 July and August. These states, under the Roman empire, were justly 

 denominated the garden of the world ; and to have a residence there 

 was considered as the highest state of luxury. The produce of their 

 soils formed those magazines which furnished all Italy, and great 

 part of the Roman empire, with corn, wines, and oil. Though the 

 lands are now uncultivated, through the oppression and barbarity of 

 their government, yet they are still fertile; not only in the above 

 mentioned commodities, but in dates, figs, l'aisins, almonds, apples, 

 pears, cherries, plums, citrons, lemons, oranges, pomegranates, with 

 plenty of roots and herbs in their kitchen gardens. Excellent hemp 

 and flax grow on their plains ; and, by the report of the Europeans 



