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back with all possible speed toward the shore. Not one of us 
who sat in the stern of the boat received any injury. Captain 
Culverhouse, and Mr. Loudon, purser of the Romulus, ran 
for the consul: the rest of us rushed into the ground floor of the 
watch tower whence the attack proceeded : it was a kind of 
guardroom. Being the foremost of the party, I observed a 
man in the very act of descending from the tower into this 
place, evidently in some agitation. Having seized him by the 
collar, a struggle ensued: the other Arabs attempted to rescue 
him, and a general confusion prevailed, in the midst of which 
the consul and Captain Culverhouse entered the place. It 
was some time before any order could be restored; our party 
were determined not to give up the culprit we had secured; 
but the consul knowing him, and undertaking to be responsible 
for his appearance when called for, we retired, and went on 
board the Romulus. 
Next morning, word was brought to the ship, that unless the 
captain went on shore, the man would be put to death. We 
accompanied him to the consul’s house, and met the pacha’s 
interpreter; but found that the whole was a fabrication; no 
notice had been taken of the event, and Djezzar w as yet igno¬ 
rant of the circumstance. Upon this, Captain Culverhouse re¬ 
turned to his ship; and sent me to inform the pacha, that he 
should be compelled to have recourse to other measures, if the 
insult offered to his majesty’s flag was not properly noticed; 
and that he would go no more on shore until tins was done. 
Determined, therefore, that Djezzar should have due informa¬ 
tion of the outrage, I took with me the stones which were 
found in the longboat, tied in a sack; one of the wounded 
sailors, and a midshipman, being ordered to accompany me. 
Signor Bertocino met us upon the shore, assuring me that it 
was the hour when Djezzar always slept; that it would be 
certain death to any one of his slaves w ho should wake him % 
and having earnestly entreated me not to venture to the pa¬ 
lace, he declined acting as interpreter. I resolved therefore to 
make myself understood without his aid; and ascended the 
staircase of the seraglio, toward the door of the apartment 
wherein Djezzar had always received us. This I found 
shut. The guards, mute, or whispering, began their signs to 
us, as we advanced, not to make any noise. The young mid¬ 
shipman, how ever, as well as myself, began to knock at the 
door, and immediately every one of the guards fled. It was 
some time before any notice was taken of our summons; but 
