[4] The papers which are preserved relating to this journey are: "A Narrative of the Route from Turin to Bologna--Inscriptions--Account of Trajan's Tables--of Bologna--of the Paintings there--Route from Bologna to Rome--Description of the Paintings in St. Peter's--the Vatican--the Capitol--Belvidere--Albano--Barbarini Palace--in the Palaces Spado--Little Farnese--Corsini--Borghese, &c.--Route from Rome to Naples--Dissertation on Ancient and Modern Rome, Florence, &c., &c." CHAPTER II. Bruce's Residence at Algiers as British Consul. We have already stated that Bruce had been appointed to the consulship of Algiers, to succeed Mr. Aspinall, who had been recalled. This gentleman had, with great firmness and integrity, opposed many unjust demands made on him by the dey, who, in consequence, sent a letter to England requesting that he might be dismissed, and Mr. Ford, a British merchant, appointed in his stead. This official document, addressed "to the English vizier, Mr. Pitt," is a curious specimen of barbarous diplomacy: "My high friend: For some time past, John Ford was a merchant at Algiers, whom we desire you to appoint consul, and send him a day the sooner to us, because your consul in Algiers is an obstinate person, and like an animal!" This Mr. Ford died in England; and Bruce, on his arrival at Algiers, presented to the old dey credentials from his Britannic majesty, graciously appointing as consul "our trusty and well-beloved James Bruce, Esq., whom, by his birth and education, as well as by his knowledge and experience, we have judged to be every way qualified for this trust."