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victims, could be shattered by a few well-directed cannon-*balls. England then administered a few sturdy strokes, and France in 1830 struck the final blow, annihilating pirate rule and transforming Algeria into a peaceful, law-abiding province.
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PASSING TARIFA
The city of Algiers is now numbered among the most popular resorts of those happy folk who have both the time and the inclination to trot about the globe, seeking the beautiful, the curious, and the picturesque. The most direct route to the Barbary Coast is that followed by the steamers of the German Mediterranean service, sailing from a New Jersey town, the name of which is dear to globe-trotters, for Hoboken lies at the great gate-way to the world of