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TRIFLING EFFECTS OfF THE FRENCH BOMBARD1VJ:EN'l'. 37recepüoni ,fr(}:m these4\{ricans, as was round tobe the case here as weIlas at AIgiers.As Europe was at peace, and the }'rench bw'eau de guerrea sinecure ror the time, the minister at the head of thatcdepartmentthought this country a.,conveglent, fieldofexhihitiog {or thedisplay ofproressionaLor oflici~l talent,f;md in theresult certaintly got a le8son ofva]utf, "v:bithiwill notbè&oonforgotten. Bombardment, which ls themost' costly mode of warfare to ,th.ose W;hoJemploy it, and which faIlsheaviest on private individualswhere it i8inf.licted,giveslittle concernto GQvernment here, and the least possible return therehy to those whoplay the game... Itlllay occasionallyelsewhere gratiry the happy wielderof the thunderholts ta know thats0l11e sighs and tears aI'ethe result ofhismischievoU$lanticsf:but ,tltisis·not thecasewith the resigned Mussulmap,who hears the' amictioJil! w,jjthStoical.cahnness, and the observationthat "It lS the will ofGoD~FlrheSQlt.an.,Q'll reconciliation withFra~ce,at the firstpp0t;:Lunityasked how:much (evcr bis basls of calculation!)this fa~ous expedition had cost that power; and, on beinginrormed, told the amhas8ador, that roI' lmlfofit he would have levelledthe town to 'its fou;l1dations!Jtinerary.--MoROO€Ô tofrA~(nER.EightltDay. SA LEE~The escortcr08sed tl)€ rlv;erto Salee. Thepeliteness of the governor (there i8 agovernoFto eaeh Itown) lteptit for two;hours bythe river sideundera scorching's/'un, tha~ he mightreeeive ît i\vith due;· distinction. Southof therivèr;tnettact j'Ust left, the soil is {ertile, ar[Sil1aceous, plain,and not muoh etdtivatedJOn landing at Salee, the governor of the to\vn and province (theoJlices 'being;üriitedi110t;)e person)l"eeeivedthee&eort on horseback,at the :headofhilstroops; with a bandofmu$lc asobstreperously discordantas iti$ in thepowet ofwind, parchment, and eat-gut, acting incombination, to he; and an unusuaHy liberal expenditure of powder