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government.-Morad Bey.-Hamuda Basha.-Ad-
miral Blake's attack upon Tunis.-Morad.-Moham-
med. Ramdhan.-Hassan Ben Ali.-Ali Basha.-
Mohammed Bey.-Hamuda Basha II.—Mahmood.
-Hussein Basha.-Difference with Sardinia.-Arabs
determined to revenge themselves on the Christians.
-Mr Tulin's account of it.-Sir Thomas Reade
makes peace with the two nations.- Mustafa.-
Ahmed Basha, the reigning Bey.-A retrospective
view.-A contrast between the propagation of Chris-
tianity and Mohammedanism,.....
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CHAPTER I.
John Gottlieb Krüger enlists in the Prussian army.-Is
enticed to desert, and to proceed to Algiers.-Finds
himself disappointed.-Badly treated in the French
service. His regiment ordered to Bugia.-Engage-
ments with the Arabs.-Many desert.-Krüger does
the same. His mode of travelling.-Is obliged to
enter a village in order to procure some food.-Is
frightened, and goes away.-Spends the night upon
a tree. Is surprised by two Arabs.-They treat him
kindly, and take him to a market-place.—A true
description of the Arabs.-The people's astonishment
at Krüger's appearance,.............
CHAPTER II.
He is taken to the chief's house.-Annoyed by the
people.-Entertains them.-A strange Arab visits the
chief. His conversation with Krüger.-Says that the
inhabitants of the village sent him to behead Krüger.
-Leaves, and tells Krüger to prepare himself for
death.-Kruger describes his own state of mind.-
He is taken early the following morning to the mar-
ket-place, where a very great crowd is gathered.
Saves his life by embracing Mohammedanism.-Mo-
hammed's account of Christ.-Reports of the French
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conquests on the coast reach the Arabs.-They are
encouraged by a priest to go and assist their brethren.
-They attack the French, and are defeated.-The
priests make use of Mohammed's doctrines of fate
and destiny to encourage them to another attack.-
Their cowardice.-Sidy Ali slays all infidels.-All
return to their respective homes,.....
CHAPTER III.
Krüger goes to Chifza.-Is liked by the people there.-
Their anxiety to hear news from Europe.-One old
man is particularly pleased with him.-The Moadsan
calls to prayer.-A description of Mohammedan
prayers and lustrations.-The attributes of God.-
Mohammed's injunctions for prayer.—The strictness
with which they are obeyed urged as an example for
Christians. The old man takes Krüger to his house.
-Instructs him in the Mohammedan religion.-Pro-
duces the Koran as a miracle.-Refutation,............
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CHAPTER IV.
Mohammed laid no claim to miracles.-His followers
ascribe some to him.-The dividing of the moon.➖➖
Refutation.-A Jew converted by a miracle.--The
night journey.--Krüger is obliged to conform to the
rite of circumcision.-His name is changed, and he
receives the title Shareef.--Has a reputation as saint
and physician. He is requested to bring up a treasure
from some ruins. He extricates himself,...
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CHAPTER V.
Meets with another German.-They travel as dervishes
or saints.-Good reception from Ben Samon.-They
go towards Medianah.-His companion probably
slain. Meets two other deserters at Asemorn.-They
tell him of their sufferings.-One of them, a French-
man, is killed by a dervish.-Motives by which Mo-
hammedans are actuated to be so cruel.-Reasons of
the rapid success of Mohammed. His character.-
Nature of his rewards and punishments.-Heaven
not denied to females,....
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CHAPTER VI.
What persons likely to embrace Mohammedanism
voluntarily.-An example of one.-Mohammedans
also try to prove the truth of their religion from our
Scriptures. Refutation,..........
CHAPTER VII.
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Cruelty of the people of Asemorn.-Abdallah is sold
to Bo Azes. His journey to the Owlad Matta, over
whom Bo Azes is governor.-The tribe surprised by
an enemy. They meet the enemy.-Gelela, son of
Bo Azes, is killed by the chief of the enemy.-Re-
treat of the Owlad Matta.-Mourning for Gelela.—
Death of his wife.-Sickness of Abdallah.-Cruelty
towards him.-Meets a German at Bo Saida, and gets
attached to him.-The German sold,.......
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CHAPTER VIII.
Abdallah escapes. Is overtaken, stripped, and wound-
ed.-Goes to Imdokan, where he is well treated.—
Goes with a Shareef to Sidy Aqua.-The character
of the Bey of Constantina, by whom Abdallah is
imprisoned.-A providential escape from death.-
Departs with the Shareef.-Pilgrimage to Mecca.
-Leaves the Shareef, and goes to Zoof.-Meets
Christians in a caravan going to Tugurt, and joins
them. Their fate.-Abdallah returns to Gereed,
where he finds the Bey of the camp of Tunis, and is
taken by him to that city.-Is now determined to
remain a Mohammedan,....
CHAPTER IX.
Tunis the most interesting part of North Africa.-The
ruins of Carthage.-Sir Thomas Reade's excavations.
-Moors.-Deplorable state of the Tunisians.—Prin-
cipal mosques.-Tunisians idle.-A story about Sultan
Mahmood. The French war in Africa.-Manner of
educating children.-Hatred to persons of other
religions.-Colleges.-Mohammedans cultivated all
sciences. Their present ignorant state. No mission-
ary in Barbary.-Duty of sending the Gospel there.
-The Arabic of Tunis,..
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CHAPTER X.
The orthodox Mohammedan sects.-Their founders.-
Hatred between the Sonnites and Shiites,.....
CHAPTER XI.
The Mohammedan ladies.-Description of a bath.—
Polygamy.-Form of a divorce.-Opinion of marriage.
-Female education.-Marriage ceremony.-Prohi-
bited degrees of marriage.—Blessings which Christi-
anity brought upon the woman.-St Augustin.—
Description of a feast to the devil.-Duty incumbent
upon Christian females,....................
CHAPTER XII.
Dervishes. Their character.-The Biography of a Ro-
man Catholic priest who embraced Mohammedanism,
and is considered a saint.-He wrote a refutation of
Christianity,
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CHAPTER XIII.
Mohammedans and Jews pay great respect to the dead.
-An illustration of Scripture.-Copy of an inscrip-
tion upon a tombstone.-Visiting the sick.-Funeral.
-Sepulchral examination.-Slaves often receive their
freedom when their masters die.-Slavery in Tunis.
-Partially abolished through the influence of Sir
Thomas Reade.-Cav. Gaspary falsely accused of
having permitted the exportation of slaves, and loses
his situation on account of it,.............................
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Jews.-Probable time of their first settling in Bar-
bary. Their state. The Roman Catholics.-Greeks.
-Protestants.-Protestant mission.-Death of Mr
London,.....
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CHAPTER XV.
The present Bey.-Circular informing the Consuls of a
successor to the throne.-His military passion.-Re-
gular troops.-A letter to illustrate their conduct.
The oppression of the Tunisians.-The Bey's expe-
dition to the mountains.-Circular informing the
Consuls of the same.- -The Bey's good qualities.-
Europeans in his service.-Library.-Sir Thomas
Reade's collection of Arabic manuscripts.-Punish-
ment for theft.. A very remarkable instance of a
propensity to stealing.-Theft sometimes an heredi-
tary moral depravity.-Punishment for other offences.
-Climate.-Dr Heap's opinion.-Soil.—Vegetables.
—Animals.—Mines.-Exports and imports.-Manu-
factures.-Extent of the Regency, and its principal
towns,.....
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