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^ ' that Part if tbi Manriunia Ca&farienfls, ai^efont callei the Soathern Province, or ihiPf^imte of Titttlrle ; w/i a Df/criptwn ofAlgiers. HE Soathefn Pnmnoe of Algiers^or the Province of Titterie^ which isbounded to thcs eaftward by theriver BooieraJt, is greatly, inferiorto the weftem in extent, it ({eingfcarce lixty miles either in length or breadth.The fea^coaft, to the breadth of &ve or fi^cleagaes, is chiefly made up of rich champaingronnd ; behind whicH is a range of ruggedmountains that run almoft in a direct line thro'Vol. XVIII. B a I « 2>r. ShawV travels a great part of the province ; bat htyoni themare exteniive plains, though none of them aM^equal to thofe of Mettijidb^ In this province is Algiers the Warlike, as itis termcdt)ythe^«rij,'the capitdof the whbleki!igdom of the lame name. This place,which })as for fi^rerar ages braved the refcnt-ment of the greateft powers of Chriftendom^ isnot ab^e a jniltf ana 4 'lialf Li cirtumftrience,thou^hlt is fald to contain i obrooo Mahonuiansyof whom not above thirty are renegadoes,i5,ooc5Vaw> 4nd about 2000 ChriJliAn flaves.It is fituated on the declivity of a hill fapno^the north and norch-eafb; thehonfes riiing ^^^'graduatly above each other, that there is fcarceone in the whole city that has not a view of thefea. The walls are however weak, and in- **capable of defence, except where they areftrengthened b)r^iddidonal rortiiScations. Thex^itfidel, which is built upon the higliefl part ofthe city, at the weftern angle,- is of an odo-gonal figure, and each of the fides in vi^whas port-holes or embrafures. The north angle,near which is thcGateefthe Ri*ver, and thefouth angle near Bab 4xooni^ are eq^rh guardedwith a fmall baftiori. Thp Ne<w Gaite betweenBai Jzcone and the Citadel, h^s a iquare^ up-right battery, and betwixt the citadel and the 1GaU 9f the River, ^re fomejettingsout of thewall,** with port-holes, but with few or »ocannon. The ditch, which formerly furroundedthe city, is .almoft entirely filled up, and ispfHttle confequence.' From the Gateof theRi<ver. apd Sab Azoom to the citadel^ the 4i^an€e each way. thfdu^ B A It B A R Y. J wxft is alipat thjree.'f;u4ottgSf in an Afccatoffifteen or twenty degrees.
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