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DESCRIPTION, &c.
CHAP. I.
Its division; rivers, soil, climate, and productions; ani|mals, antiquities and curi••••ities; inhabitants, customs and manners; dress, language, corsairs and commerce; revenues, government, punishments and religion.
THE kingdom of Algiers is situated between 32 and 37 degrees of north latitude, which corresponds to that of the United States from near the southern boundary of Virginia to near the river Savannah in Georgia, and between 76 and 84 de|grees 20 minutes east longitude from Philadelphia. It extends 480 miles in length from east to west along the northern coast of Africa, and 320 miles in breadth from north to south. It is bounded by the Mediterranean on the north, by the kingdom of Tunis on the east, by mount Atlas on the south, and by the river Mulvia, which separates it from the empire of Morocco, on the west, At the dis|tance of 120 miles from the sea-coast, that part of Africa becomes a barren d••sart, almost entirely uninhabitable either by man or beast.
This country derives its name from its metro|polis, and is at present divided into three provinces or districts, viz. the eastern, western, and southern.