s «41 camp, and remained more than two hou» no« ticîng the manner and form of it.- They profi^l much their fubtiety in finking wells for frefli, water, spd, having for fome time viewed the gal-leys under fail, they returned to vifit their friends in the town of Africa. Others . went to their quarters, and rejoiced greatly that the Chrif-tians had not dared to remain longer. They held their power very cheap, and faid, they fhould no longer fear, as they had done, the French er Ge-noefe, They fpoke truly, as I fhall explain. When this fiege was raifed* the Saracens grew proud on the oecafion, for they law the Genoefe had exerted themfelves to their utmoft power t# annoy them : this expedition could not haye been undertaken without an enormous expenfe^ and they hadnçt gained any thing. But they did not know the great ioffes the Chriftians had fuffered until that day, and I will tell yon by what accident it happened. Intheeampof the Chriftians wasfeund, lying on the ground, a Genoefe varlet, who was too ill with a fever to be removed when tip failor* fought for their men to embark on board the barges. The Saracens were delighted on finding this man, and ordered m harm to be done him* They carried him to the principal commanders of their army, and told them where they had fpund him* An interpreter was lent for to examine him} but at firft be would not make any anfwerç, confin-ing himfelf as a dead man, and defiring they would put him out of his pain* VOL* X. 1 The