. A family flight around home. y. The emperorhe declared to be a man possessed of many amiable qualities, buthis private life was disgusting and loathsome. As for his subjects, they were fierce and lazy, delighting incruelty, and avaricious to the last degree. Fear of God had madethem put up some costly and beautiful mosques, but they haddone nothing more. Their streets were despicable, and their housesa sight to behold. His first audience with the emperor took place in the gardenof the palace. His Majesty was on horseback; about him were athousand attendants. He asked numberless questions abo
. A family flight around home. y. The emperorhe declared to be a man possessed of many amiable qualities, buthis private life was disgusting and loathsome. As for his subjects, they were fierce and lazy, delighting incruelty, and avaricious to the last degree. Fear of God had madethem put up some costly and beautiful mosques, but they haddone nothing more. Their streets were despicable, and their housesa sight to behold. His first audience with the emperor took place in the gardenof the palace. His Majesty was on horseback; about him were athousand attendants. He asked numberless questions about America,and the voyage from it ; whether they grew in its forests timberfit for ships. When these questions were answered to his satis-faction, he said, Send your ships and trade with us. I will do anything youdesire. Whereupon his people all cried out in a loud voice, Allah preserve the life of our master! Among the gifts brought to him by the Americans were anatlas and a watch. With the atlas he seemed familiar; the watch. PIKATES. 271 he examined with much care, for it was an alarm watch, thefirst he had ever seen. The result of Mr. Barclays visit was a promise from the em-peror, on the first day of the blessed month Ramadan, 1200, of alasting treaty with the United States. But it was not until 1817that he prohibited piracy throughout his dominions. The regency of Algiers was by far the most formidable of the
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