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of the corsair that he would return it unto her, she resigned 
it to him. After reading it with his interpreter, he restored it 
to her, saying that it was good, and that she needed to be un- 
der no apprehension for herself, her suite, and her property. 
Madame de Bourk then requested, that as she was tree both 
by her passport and her country, he would land her in his 
long-boat on the coast of Spain, to which they were so near ; 
observing, that he owed this mark of respect to the passport 
of France ; that by his compliance h« would spare her much 
fatigue, and her husband excessive anxiety ; and that if he 
would render her this service, she would render him a suit- 
able acknowledgment. The corsair replied that, being a re- 
negado, he could not gratify her Avishes but at the peril of his 
own life; it being an easy matter to persuade the Dey of Al- 
giers that, under the pretext of a French passport, he had re- 
leased a family belonging to some power inimical to his state, 
if he landed her upon Christian ground ; that it was abso- 
lutely necessary she should accompany him to Algiers, that 
a representation of her passport and her person might be 
made to the Dey, after which she would be delivered to the 
French consul, who would procure her a conveyance to Spain 
in any way she might think proper. He added, that he 
gave her the option of removing to his vessel or remaining 
on board the tartan, where she would enjoy more liberty and 
Iranauillity than in his ship ; advising her to adopt the latter 
proposal, as it would not be prudent to trust her, and all the 
females who accompanied her, among nearly two hundred 
Turks, or Moors, of which the crew of his vessel consisted. 
Madame de Bourk accepted the latter proposal, and the cap- 
tain sent on board only seven Turks, or Moors, to work the 
tartan, which he took in tow, after taking away her boat, three 
anchors, and all her provisions, excepting what belonged to 
Madame de Bourk. After this arrangement the corsair bore 
away for Algiers. Madame de Bourk made him a present 
of her watch, and gave another to the Turkish commander 
of the tartan. 
On the 28th a furious tempest arose, and continued till the 
30th, during which the cable that lashed the two vessels to- 
gether parted, and the tartan was separated from the pirate. 
The commanding officer and the other Turks being extreme- 
ly ignorant in nautical manoeuvres, and without any compass, 
that belonging to the tartan having been broken in the fury 
of boarding, resigned the direction of the ship to the winds 
and the sea. Nevertheless, the tartan was driven on the 1st 
