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6--"Drub-Devil" at Majorca, 57--Defeat of Portundo, 58--Storming of the Penon de Alger, 59--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's fleet, 59. VI. THE OTTOMAN NAVY. 1470-1522 61-75 Rise of the Turkish navy, 61--Rivalry of Genoa and Venice, 62--The fleet of Mohammed II., 65--The Knights Hospitallers, 66--Ship building at Constantinople, 66--The Battle of Zonchio, 68--Fall of Lepanto, 71--Decline of Venice, 71--Siege of Rhodes, 73--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n summoned to the Porte, 75. VII. DORIA AND BARBAROSSA. 1533 76-83 Andrea Doria, 76--Change of sides, 77--The two rivals, 78--Doria's conquest of Coron, 78--Relief of Coron, 81--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n sails to Constantinople, 82--Is made Admiral, 83--Building galleys, 83. VIII. TUNIS TAKEN AND LOST. 1534-1535 84-93 Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n ravages the coasts of Italy, 84--Giulia Gonzaga, 84--The Ben[=i] Hafs of Tunis, 85--Conquest of Tunis by Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n, 86--Charles V. goes to Tunis, 86--Defeat of Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n, 89--Brutality of the Imperial troops, 90--Joy throughout Christendom, 91--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's expedition to Minorca, 93. IX. THE SEA-FIGHT OFF PREVESA. 1537 94-104 Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n and Venice, 94--Venetian provocations, 95--Doria off Paxos, 95--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n lays waste the Apulian coast, 96--Siege of Corfu by the Turks, 96--Abandoned, 97--A raid among the isles of Greece, 97--Rich prizes, 97--Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n sails to combat Doria, 98--Battle off Prevesa, 101--Doria's galleasses, 102--Hesitation of the Christians, 103--Doria's seamanship and Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n's audacity, 104. X. BARBAROSSA IN FRANCE. 1539-1546 105-111 Kheyr-ed-d[=i]n retakes Castelnuovo, 105--Is invited by Francis I. to come to Marseilles, 106--Attacks Nice, 109--Winters at Toulon, 109--Ransoms Dragut, 110--Returns to Constantinople, and dies, 111--His tomb at Beshiktash, 111. XI. CHARLES AT ALGIERS. 1541 112-123 Barbarossa's successors at Algiers, 112--Charles V. resolves to destroy piracy, 113--The expedition to Algiers, 113--Stormy voyage, 114--The Christian fleet, 114--Landing at Algiers, 117--Effects of the rains, 118--Repulse of the besiegers, 118--Panic in the camp allayed by the Emperor, 119--The Storm, 119--Charles orders a retreat, 120--The remnant of the army sails away,
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