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as aîfo for grinding Corn, and fulling the Caps called Fez-Caps, which are 
made at Zagonaro by Tagarins, All that work in tbefe Mills are the flaves 
of Schelebi. At the er*d of the Bridge is the Houfe of Schekbi^ built in form 
of a Cadle; it hath one very large C^^urt and other fmaUer ones j theRooms 
(as in other Houfes) are beautified with Gold, Azure, and Plaiftering, with 
Fountains every where, and all paved with Marble ^ fo that they are more 
magnificent than thofe I had feen before. There are lovely Pidlures in thofe 
Roûffls, for formerly this Schelebi was very rich, his Father having left him 
a vafl: Eilate, and among other things eighteen hundred Slaves, but he Uath 
run out a great deal in his Debaucheries j he is a man of a genero'T^ Heart 
and if he were once in Chriitendora, he would never leave it sgciin. He 
keeps open table for all Franks that come to-fee his Houfe, and is fo cour- 
teous, that he never refufes any thing, and if he have not what is asked from, 
him, he ufes means to procure it at any rate, that he may freely give ir. 
When I went to his Houfe, he was not there, for he was then at Tabarqne^ 
a little lOand in the Kingdom of Tunis^ within a Mnfquet ftiot of the main 
Land, but three days Journey from Tunis. That Ifland belongs to the Genoefe, 
who have a very good Fort, and drive a great trade there, and among other 
things, in Horfes, which ^re called Barbes. The Schelebi was gone thither 
to buy Timber for building of a Galley. About three Leagues from the C^«??-e, 
there is a place called Tabonrbe^ where there are fome ancient ruines, and 
chiefly an ancient Temple, but I went not to fee it, becaufe then I muft have 
lain there, or at the C antre, and I had not time to fpare, for our Captain 
put us in hopes daily that he would fail next day. That was the reafon 
alfo that I went not to Suz.e neither, which is a long days journey from Tmis^ 
it is the place where there are more Antiquities than any where elfe in the 
Kingdom of THnis^2.\\ù \ believe that thereabouts there are ruines of Churches 
and other things, relating to St, Auguftin^ to be feen. 
C H A P. LXXXXI. 
Of Tunis^ and of the Slaves that are there. 
TV NIS the Capital City of the Kingdom, of the fame name, lyes in a 
Plain ; it is pretty big, and the Houfes are indifferently well built, 
though they make no fhew, but they are all Marble, Gold and Azure within. 
The Suburbs of this City are as big as the City itfelf, which is all paved, 
but dirty as heretofore Paris was, fo that after rain, there is hardly any 
going in the Streets. There is a Caille upon an Eminence within the Town, 
which commands it, and it makes a very pretty fhew: There are foriie Guns 
before the Gate, and the front of it looks well, which is all that I could fee 
of it, nor indeed dunt I eye it attentively; for I had warning given me, that 
it was dangerous for Chriftians to be curious in viewing thatCaftle. I pait 
by it then, but very fall, and hard by over againfi; it there is a Burying-place. 
Not far frem the Caftle there is 5^2:^r for Drapers ^ it is a long broad ftreet 
with Ihops on both fides, all which have the fore part fupported by four 
Pillars, two on each lide ; none but Drapers keep fliop there ; but there are 
feveral other Bazars alfo for other Commodities. 
Baths for There are thirteen Bzths'mTunis, where all the Slaves lodge, except thofe 
Slaves at j-j^^j- g^,g j^çpj. j-j^gjj. |\/5afters Houfes, and ( as feveral Slaves told me) there 
^' may be there in all ten or twelve thoufand Chriftian Slaves, who carry 
Knights of every one a great ring of Iron at thei^- foot, but the Knights of Malta have 
A&7Mat7«w befides that a huge Iron-Chain above five and twenty pound v*?eight, which 
is fafi-ened to the Ring, that Chain is very troublefome to them, for they 
mull either turn it quite round their Leg and make it fafc there, which is 
very 
