seats and mashareas, as they call the farms of the principal inhabitants of Algiers, are taken out of these plains, as it is chiefly from them that the metropolis is supplied with provisions. Flax, alhenna, roots, pot-herbs, rice, fruit, and grain of all kinds, are produced here to such perfection, that the Mettijiah may be justly reckoned the garden of the whole kingdom.

Of the Sea Coast of that Part of the Mauritania Casariensis, called the Southern Province, or the Province of Titterie.

THIS province, which lies bounded to the E. by

the river Booberak, as it does to the W. by the Masaffran, is much inferior to the western in extent; being, exclusive of the Sahara, scarce sixty miles either in length or breadth. Neither is it, in general, so mountainous; for the sea coast, to the breadth of five or six leagues, the seat formerly of the ancient Machurebi, as it is now of the Durgana, Rássouta, and Beni Hameed, is made up chiefly of rich champaign ground; behind which indeed we have a range of rugged mountains, the continuation of Mount Atlas, that run, almost in a direct line, in a parallelism

with the sea coast. larly in the neighbourhood of Medea, Titterie Dosh, and Hamza; the ancient territories of the Tulensii and Baniuri, we have other extensive plains; though none of them equal to those of the Mettijiah. Such is the general plan of this province, which has the city of Algiers, the metropolis of the whole kingdom, for its capital.

But beyond them, particu

In describing this province, therefore, we are to observe, that after we have left the Masaffran, we pass by a little round tower, situated upon a small rocky cape, that stretches itself about a furlong into the sea. The inhabitants call it Seedy Ferje, from the sanctuary of that saint, which is built upon it, where we have some few walls and cisterns of Roman workmanship, which, by the order of Ptolemy's tables, may lay claim to his Via. We meet with several pieces of a Roman highway betwixt Seedy Ferje, Ras Accon-natter, and Algiers; and near the tomb of Seedy Halliff, another Marabbutt, about the half way betwixt Seedy Ferje and Algiers, we fall in with a number of graves, covered with large flat stones, each of them big enough to receive two or three bodies.

The high mountain of Boorjereah, with its three contiguous dashkrahs, are 1x M. from Seedy Ferje, to the N. E. Half a league from them, to the W. N.W. is the Ras Acconnatter, the Cape Caxines of our modern sea charts. After which, about III M. further to the S. E. we turn into the port of Al Jezeire el gazie, i. e. Algiers the warlike,

warlike, as the Turks are pleased to call their metropolis.

This place, which for several ages has braved the greatest powers of Christendom, is not above a mile and a half in circuit, though it is computed to contain about 2000 Christian slaves, 15,000 Jews, and 100,000 Mahometans, of which thirty, at most, may be Renegadoes. It is situated upon the declivity of a hill, that faces the N. and N. E. whereby the houses rise so gradually above each other, that there is scarce one but what, in one or other of those directions, has a full prospect of the sea. The walls are weak and of little defence, unless where they are further secured, which is chiefly at the gates, by some additional fortification. The Cassaubah, or citadel, built upon the highest part of the city towards the S. W. is of an octogonal figure, each of the sides in view having port-holes or embrasures, defended with cannon. A ditch formerly surrounded the whole city to the landward, which, at present, is almost entirely filled up, except at the west and south gates, called Bab el wed, the gate of the river, and Bab Azoona; where it is still of little consequence or defence. But towards the sea, it is better fortified, and capable of making a more strenuous defence. For the embrasures, in this direction, are all employed; the guns are of brass, and their carriages and other utensils in good order. The battery of the Mole-Gate, upon the east angle of the city, is mounted with several long pieces of ordnance, one of which has seven cylinders,