Aruch**, and Hayradin, two famous corsairs, the sons of a potter in the ile of Lesbos; who, turning pirates, carried on their depredations with fuch fuccefs and conduct, that they were foon poifefled of 12 galleys besides smaller veffels. Of this fleet Aruch the elder brother, called Barbarossa from the refuels of his beard, was admiral, and Hayradin the fecond in command; they called themselves the friends of the sea, and the enemies of all who failed upon it; and their names became terrible from the straits of Dardanelles to thofe of Gibraltar. With fuch a power they wanted an eftablifhment; and the opportunity of fettling themfelves offered in 1516, by the inconfiderate application of Eutemi king of Algiers to them for affiftance againft the Spaniards. Aruch, leaving his brother to command the fleet, carried 5000 men to Algiers, where he was received as their delver; and fecretly murdering the prince he came to aid, caufed himfelf to be proclaimed king in his stead. To this ufurpation he added the conqueft of Tremece; when his exploits and piracies inducef the emperor Charles V. to furnifh the marquis de Gomarez governor of Oran with troops to suppress him; by whom he was defeated and killed near Tremece. His brother Hayradin, known alfo by the name of Barharoffa, affumed the fceptre at Algiers with the fame abilities, and with better fortune; for the Spaniards, fufficiently employed in Europe, giving him no disturbance he regulated the interior police of his kingdom with great prudence, carried on his naval operations with vigour, and extended his conquefts on the continent of Africa. He put his dominions under the protection of the Grand Signior, Solyman the Magnificent; and obtained the command of the Turkifh fleet. With fo powerful a protector, he acquired the kingdom of Tunis in a manner fimilar to that by which his brother gained Algiers. Since the time of the Barbaroiffas, Algiers has been underftood to be dependent on the Porte; but this dependence is now little more than merely nominal.