little value, and their lodging filthy. The fa|mily and their domestic animals lie promiscu|ously in the tents together, except the dogs, which are left on the out-side as guards. They raise considerable numbers of bees and silk|worms. They subsist chiefly on fruit, rice and bread. Wine and Sprituous liquors, are al|most entirely unknown among them. The Dey demands from them a tribute, which is procured by the Beys and carried to Algiers. The manner of gathering this tribute is as fol|lows: The Dey informs the Bey what sum must be paid, for the ensuing year, in the province which he commands or governs. The Bey then goes at the head of a large body of caval|ry to collect it. And many of them on hear|ing of his approach retire to inaccessible places in the mountains, until the troops are with|drawn, in order to evade the payment. If a|ny of those who do not abscond, should make the least equivocation he takes from them whatever he please. Should they make any re|sistance, or even intimate that they are dissa|tisfied with his proceedings, he cuts off their heads and sends them in triumph to the Dey. And after it has been carried twice from the Deys palace, to the gate Babazoone, and exposed to public view, they then bury it. Those Beys seldom are in office more than two or three years, for by this time they have enrich|ed themselves to such a degree (by plundering and robbing) that the Dey or Divan invents some crime against them, for which they are 0