The Barbary Peninsula, 14--Command of the narrow seas, 15--Barbary ports and havens, 16--Character of the country, 20--North-African dynasties, 21--Relations between the rulers of Barbary and the Christian States, 22--Piracy discountenanced, 24--Christian Corsairs, 25--Growth of sea-roving, 26--The coming of the Turks, 27. _PART I._ THE CORSAIR ADMIRALS. III. Urūj Barbarossa. 1504-1515 31-44 Lesbos, 31--Birth of Urūj and Kheyr-ed-dīn Barbarossa, 31--Arrival of Urūj at Tunis, 32--Capture of Papal galleys, 35--The epithet Barba-rossa, 36--Galley slaves, 39--Jerba, 40--Unsuccessful siege of Bujēya, 40--Doria besieges the Goletta of Tunis, 43--Second attack on Bujēya, 44--Urūj becomes king of Jījil, 44. IV. THE TAKING OF ALGIERS. 1516-1518 45-52 Death of Ferdinand, 45--Algerines appeal to Urūj to deliver them from the Spaniards, 46--His doings at Algiers, 49--Defeat of a Spanish armada, 50--Victory over the prince of Tinnis, 50--Great authority of Urūj, 51--Expedition of the Marquis de Comares, 51--Death of Urūj Barbarossa, 52. V. Kheyr-ed-dīn Barbarossa. 1518-1530 53-60 Departure of the Spanish troops, 53--Character of Kheyr-ed-dīn, 53--Policy towards the Sultan, 54--Is made Beglerbeg of Algiers, 54--Disaster to Don Hugo de Moncada, 55--Kheyr-ed-dīn's cruises and his captains, 56--"Drub-Devil" at Majorca, 57--Defeat of Portundo, 58--Storming of the Peñon de Alger, 59--Kheyr-ed-dīn's fleet, 59. VI. THE OTTOMAN NAVY. 1470-1522 61-75 Rise of the Turkish navy, 61--Rivalry of Genoa and Venice, 62--The fleet of Mohammed II., 65--The Knights Hospitallers, 66--Ship building at Constantinople, 66--The Battle of Zonchio, 68--Fall of Lepanto, 71--Decline of Venice, 71--Siege of Rhodes, 73--Kheyr-ed-dīn summoned to the Porte, 75. VII. DORIA AND BARBAROSSA. 1533 76-83 Andrea Doria, 76--Change of sides, 77--The two rivals, 78--Doria's conquest of Coron, 78--Relief of Coron, 81--Kheyr-ed-dīn sails to Constantinople, 82--Is made Admiral, 83--Building galleys, 83. VIII. TUNIS TAKEN AND LOST. 1534-1535 84-93 Kheyr-ed-dīn ravages the coasts of Italy, 84--Giulia Gonzaga, 84--The Benī Hafs of Tunis, 85--Conquest of Tunis by Kheyr-ed-dīn, 86--Charles V. goes to Tunis, 86--Defeat of Kheyr-ed-dīn, 89--Brutality of the Imperial troops, 90--Joy throughout Christendom, 91--Kheyr-ed-dīn's expedition to Minorca, 93. IX. THE SEA-FIGHT OFF PREVESA. 1537 94-104