ent him to be
killed by the holy man. "This Christian," shrieked the good sheykh,
running as hard as he could, "looks as if he rather wanted to kill me
than to be killed himself." "So is it," said 'Ali, "that you are to
merit the prophet's favour. Thus it is that Christians are to be
sacrificed. Mohammed was a brave, generous man, and never thought it
any service done him to slaughter those who were not able to defend
themselves. Go; get yourself better instructed in the meaning of the
Koran." He was a thorough Corsair, with the rough code of honour, as
well as the unprincipled rascality of the sea-rover.

FOOTNOTES:

[51] See John Windus, _Journey to Mequinez_ (Lond., 1735), describing
the embassy of Commodore Stewart to Morocco, in 1721, when two hundred
and ninety-six English slaves were freed, and a treaty repudiating
piracy and the right of search was concluded. Capt. John Braithwaite's
_History of the Revolutions in Morocco_ (1729) includes a journal of
events and observations made during Mr. Russell's mission in 1728.
Sal[=e] is described at pp. 343 ff. See also Chenier, _Present State of
the Empire of Morocco_ (Eng. transl., 1788). Chenier was French Consul
from 1767: the original work is entitled _Recherches historiques sur
les Maures_.

[52] Morgan, 557-9, 588, 597, 607.

[53] Morgan, 674.

XVI.

GALLEYS AND GALLEY SLAVES.

16th Century.

"The Corsairs," says Haedo, "are those who support themselves by
continual sea-robberies; and, admitting that among their numbers some
of them are natural Turks, Moors, &c., yet the main body of them are
renegadoes from every part of Christendom; all who are extremely well
acquainted with the Christian coasts." It is a singular fact that the
majority of these plunderers of Christians were themselves born in the
Faith. In the long list of Algerine viceroys, we meet with many a
European. Barbarossa himself was born in Lesbos, probably of a Greek
mother. His successor was a Sardinian; soon afterwards a Corsican
became pasha of Algiers, then another Sardinian; Ochiali was a
Calabrian; Ramad[=a]n came from Sardinia, and was succeeded by a
Venetian, who in turn gave place to a Hungarian, who made room for an
Albanian. In 1588 the thirty-five galleys or galleots of Algiers were
commanded by eleven Turks and twenty-four renegades, including nations
of France, Venice, Genoa, Sicily, Naples, Spain, Greece, Calabria,
Corsica, Albania, and Hungary, and a Jew. In short