Two hundred and sixteen thousand six hundred and fifty-eight pounds powder, forty-one thousand two hundred and eight round shot, nine hundred and sixty shells, thirteen and sixteen inches. This is the British squadron. On board the Dutch fleet, forty-six thousand- one hundred and nineteen pounds of powder, ten thousand one hundred and forty-eight round shot, making in all, two hundred and sixtv-two thousand seven hundred and seventy -seven pounds of powder, fifty-one thousand three hundred and fifty-six round shot. These incredible quantities of powder and shot, which are nearly one hundred and eighteen tons of the former, and five hundred tons of the latter, were spent in the course of about nine hours. And I think the Algerines very justly observed: that, " ' Hell had op?ned its mouth against them through the English shins; ' " Previous to our arrival at Algiers, tliev heard that the British fleet consisted of fifty sail, and then they said, ' Let them come!
What can they do with their fifty sail? The Spaniards once came here with four hundred sail and forty thousand men, and could not succeed against us.' They were on this account fully persuaded that their country was unconquerable. " The whole of the Algerine damage, in my humble judgment, after many reports and information, may be computed about a million sterling:. Many of the inhabitants of Algiers, and neaily all the people of the interior, were quite glad at our success, as they expected we were going to take possession of the kingdom and release them from the tyranny of the Turks; for being very badly treated they are dissatisfied with that government, and if they could free themselves from the slavery.which they suffer under the Turks, they would do it with the greatest pleasure.
" The Kingdom of Algiers extends about sixteen hundred miles in circumference; is very fertile, producing much corn and many species of vegetables, indigo and wool. They have many cattle, sheep, fowls, and on this coast a famous coral fishery. This fertile and beautiful coast has been for many centuries in the hands of pirates, the fear and dread of every nation under heaven, and gladly paying to them annually, immense tributes, quality and quantity dictated by their haughty Dey. The peasantry have always been oppressed, not daring to call their crops their own, most exorbitantly taxed, and so sorely, that they placed very little value on their lives, and often for the most trifling: offence their heads were cut off; and quite in desperation, parties of the country people rush upon the Turkish tax-gatherers, and put them to death.
" The government of Algiers is made up of the most consummate villains throughout Turkey. All the murderers, « thieves and vagabonds from Constantinople come here, and enlist under the banners of the Dey of Algiers, and notwithstanding that these piratical rascals would not hesitate to kill a Christian, any more than they would a dog, yet when our purser purchased a quantity of live stock consisting chiefly of sheep and fowls, the soldier at the gate would not allow them to pass without an order from the captain of the port, as they do not allow the Christians to have live animals, because they say that we strangle them, and do not kill them as we should by cutting their throats.
The Mahometans in general, when they wish to kill any kind of animal, prepare always a very sharp knife; and previously to cutting its throat, use the following words: " ' May God give thee endurance to bear what is predestined thee in the name of Almighty God.? 11 And immediately they pass the knife twice round the throat of the animal, and hold it till it discharges all the blood. On this account, they say that the animals suffer a great deal under our hands by our style of killing them, and they are allowed to eat in case of necessity, any meat killed by the Jews, and not that killed by the Christians, because they consider our meat as stifled.