Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826 [1797], The Algerine captive, or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines, volume 2 (, Walpole, NH) [word count] [eaf407v2].
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CHAP. XIX.
All arm'd in proof, the fierce banditti join
In horrid phalanx, urg'd by helli&longs;h rage
To glut their vengeance in the blood of tho&longs;e,
That wor&longs;hip him, who &longs;hed his blood for all.
Author's Manu&longs;cript Poems.
ARGUMENT.
The Dey's Forces.
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There are but few ve&longs;&longs;els
actually belonging to the Dey's navy.
He has many marine officers, who rank
in the &longs;ea &longs;ervice; but, except on great
expeditions, are permitted to command
the gallies of private adventurers; and it
is the&longs;e picaroons, that make &longs;uch dreadful
depredations on commerce. I can
give but a &longs;lender account of his land
forces. Tho&longs;e in e&longs;tabli&longs;hed pay are &longs;aid
to amount to about eight thou&longs;and foot,
and two thou&longs;and Moori&longs;h hor&longs;e. To
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the&longs;e may be added four thou&longs;and inhabitants
of the city, who enrol them&longs;elves
as &longs;oldiers, for protection in military tumults,
receive no pay, but are liable to
be called upon to man the fortifications
in emergency, in&longs;urrection, or inva&longs;ion.
Perhaps there are more of this &longs;pecies in
the provinces. The hor&longs;e are cantoned
in the country round the city, and do duty
by detachments at the palace. Three
thou&longs;and &longs;oot are &longs;tationed in the fortifications,
and mar&longs;halled as the Dey's
guards. The re&longs;idue of the land forces
are di&longs;tributed among the Ba&longs;haws to overawe
the provinces. But the principal
reliance, in ca&longs;e of inva&longs;ion, is the
va&longs;t bodies of what may be &longs;tyled militia,
which the Ba&longs;haws, in ca&longs;e of emergency,
lead from the interiour country.
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Tyler, Royall, 1757-1826 [1797], The Algerine captive, or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines, volume 2 (, Walpole, NH) [word count] [eaf407v2].
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