The Pirate City
Frontispiece.
LOADING THE BIG GUN.
THE PIRATE CITY.
An Algerine Tale.
BY R. M. BALLANTYNE,
AUTHOR OF "POST HASTE;" "IN THE TRACK OF THE TROOPS;" "THE SETTLER AND
THE SAVAGE;" "UNDER THE WAVES;" "RIVERS OF ICE;" "BLACK IVORY;"
"THE NORSEMEN IN THE WEST;" "THE IRON HORSE:" "THE FLOATING
LIGHT;" "ERLING THE BOLD;" "FIGHTING THE FLAMES;"
"SHIFTING WINDS;" "DEEP DOWN;" "THE LIGHTHOUSE;"
"THE LIFEBOAT;" "GASCOYNE;" "THE
GOLDEN DREAM," ETC. ETC.
With Illustrations.
ELEVENTH EDITION.
LONDON:
JAMES NISBET & CO., 21 BERNERS STREET.
[All rights reserved.]
PREFACE.
In this book I have attempted to present a true picture of life and events in the Pirate City of Algiers, as exhibited about the first quarter of the present century.
Without claiming to be absolutely correct in every trivial detail, I may perhaps venture to hope that, having spent a winter in Algiers, and made a careful examination of the most interesting and authentic records obtainable, error in fact and colouring has been avoided.
My best thanks are due to Colonel Playfair, Consul-General at Algiers, and to several other friends, for their kindness in furnishing me with the books and some of the material out of which my tale has been constructed.
R. M. BALLANTYNE.
CONTENTS.
CHAP. I. | 1 |
II. | 7 |
III. | 18 |
IV. | 28 |
V. | 45 |
VI. | 57 |
VII. | 68 |
VIII. | 77 |
IX. | 91 |
X. | 108 |
XI. | 124 |
XII. | 138 |
CHAP. XIII. | 152 |
XIV. | 164 |
XV. | 181 |
XVI. | 197 |
XVII. | 216 |
XVIII. | 228 |
XIX. | 244 |
XX. | 254 |
XXI. | 265 |
XXII. | 277 |
XXIII. | 304 |
XXIV. | 326 |
XXV. | 339 |
XXVI. | 345 |
XXVII. | 366 |
XXVIII. | 384 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LOADING THE BIG GUN (p. 12), | Frontispiece |
VIGNETTE TITLE. | |
BACRI VISITS THE BAGNIO, | Facing page 60 |
TED FLAGGAN UNHORSES AN ARAB, | Facing page„ 73 |
MARIANO ESCAPES, | Facing page„ 182 |
IN THE CAVE, | Facing page„ 266 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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