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Show Ike Hgrrlnn I Iratcs. IFionllarptri irM It wis the rcmi, ule Simon f)ansi who ti light the Akcriins Ihu use o decked vessels in whi h the could vcnluro fir out upon thu ocean Hut in the Medl-terrmem Medl-terrmem the (.alley wis still preface! This wis a narrow vessel, lying very low In Iho wnier, with f caret ly nny rigging, rigg-ing, with none of the casilchkc, imposing, impos-ing, but awkward structures In which Cl risllin mariners delighted I lie guns, nmunitlon nntl provisions were onl) what wire nlisolutel) necessar), one or two ciunons, some shot and pnwvltr, I iiculls mough fur 50 da)s, n f vv Ji 9 ol uhveodoroi vinej,ir, and some bantls of wiler, which served as Inllist Onlv onccihln In the stern, to which tlie re is toutd rttlre Iwo hundred rowers nnd about 100 soldiers took ihelr places on Iho plank scits. If Ihewitidwere favor-at favor-at le out nt sea, full sal! wis set, but when land ur .another v cast I came In sle,hl the sills were instantly furltd, and the skill of the rowers CI1110 into pli) NotlihiL, wis to be heard till I oirel tut the brlel orders of the rels und the keeping keep-ing time with the bttou of the overseer of ttio gnlle) slives with the musical rh)lhm of ino piirs of o trs striking the water atngular intervals The gdlcy sinned tolly llcfire n vessel uf war it woul I Ily at full speed for not battle I ut pllliue was the nlm ol Iho ciptoin Merclimt ves els werewhat heaetiglt SpinUli Kalleons ItiliintirUns 1 ruvin cal birks W hen the threatened vessel prcctivcdlheenem),itwisgenerill) too I Uoto escape If It tried t ) lire n vo ley of artillery would brirg it to n stind and the vv ell know 11 cry, ' Men 1, l'erros' (Meld iIol,sI) would noon ring out Hold indeed was he who tlared resist In most cises s dlors and pisseners, para-Iwed para-Iwed by terror, did not even attempt to defend thcnislves. A few moments were given by the captors to ovuhaul the prize rnpidl) tocs!lmae the value of the earijO, transship thu prisoners, JulJBLaHiiiiiiiHHtiHHMH nnd the II tin s prow toward rtlgkrs A 1 v lv f urtillery in nounced It r- ri irom lha masts dressed wi I ' stnmers wived the green p " wn with cr cents and ' 1 1 ,",,noV, "f ll,1 forts nnd b it n replied I he good news quickie vndtl rough the town, and Ific si ' lur was quickly filled with n r 1 " crowd Tlie rob ben returnu fr m their raid were hail cd as conqi 1 1 is , , , , , Piracy w 1 'it tnc funuimtntnl in.lltuilonol Mgier- It was the one Industry, In-dustry, the o eirale me daily bread or the town. II stiles very existence depended on 1 ire it deducted from tho 1 rofits li) 1 'l,c specula tors Invcsle I 1 ir money In privntccr Ing vessels gi t "dsoldtliecaptuted cargoes an I tnlhcked with spcciil eagerness in 1 mm llmli The chief center of com r al activity was at the Ikidivtann 1 v the Mice Mahon, where alives wer 1 t up lor sale Those dressed In I 1 ien wills while hands gentlemen I in do citizens or priests letches! a go M re as the) would pro hably be rat s I for Urge sums A tor common (eople who were gooi for nolh ng I ' rklnc slaves, their rrlce varied li ig "o their appear nnec strengti 1 age Once bought the file of t 'lives was not so very I bird If thev 1 hi Iwyr iatlenlly the ' snrrovva of x le ami servitu ic They did not rci I ' Her much until the) , were ember! I 11 row t is Chained le their seats, b I 1 ketl ami lull starved cvci In terror 1 1 h stick or tho sword the most rol si tied nway Hut Hi s rough expert n e was only gone through 1 once or twit 1 y ir On land miny 1 1 i Ilia slives w re unl empkieel in light domestic work 111 1 put much uf their time tiitering ibotit in the streets I vrn In tliohagm- ir cunvlci prisons, which were hill I 1 ri ks nail places of con finement, w re Hie paauas mil chief enpt tins kcj 1 h ir prlsom rs the) some , times found 11 rry lompi ions who III ' Infected ollnri Willi their galcl), or lirgeheirtcd men who furg it their own sorrows in ul endeavor 10 lighten Hie common mis r 1 he r 1 cjous Kedinip-tioniits Kedinip-tioniits the li nitirl m I nimled by Si John if Mirila, Hie lathers of Mercy, the Uiziriies (nun ltd by St Vincent tic I nit brought us it on to some, udto all n certain amount uf the co isolation I of hope I Tho golden age of plrac) wis the ' littirpait tf the sixteenth century and the beginning! f the aevtnieemh, when the Kwir of the Spanish nivy was broken, and Hi it rf I rii co was ntlll of no account I ilhiriy eara thu Algerl aus took 7 - mirchint vessils nnd captured 1 ,00 slaves, valued at at least Cyo each After this, ho vever, limes became harder and grand strokes of luckiirer In the nlghicinth century Iho decadency began and m iHto wliu the I rcncli at list entered Algiers ns cenquernrs, the wet docks weru nearly empty, the einvict prisons desert d, and they found but 400 en lives to set free |