The Jews of Africa Especially in the Sixteenth And Seventeenth Centuries
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The wondrous people have preserved their special type ; an aquiline nose, a black beard, a magnificent but deceptive eye, a clear but colourless complexion. Their appearance is less scriptural and engaging than the interesting charac- teristic of the Lithuanian Jews. ... As always where they muster strong, they engross almost all the com- merce : bankers, brokers, and agents. . . . Nothing can be done without them. They attend to all branches of industry, save agriculture. Active, intriguing, a...nd versatile, they form a great contrast to the apathy of the Moors". 1 Ogilby states that they were no better used in Algeria than in all parts of Christendom. For besides the imposts levied on them, "it is permitted to every- one, yea and to the Christians themselves, to offer them a thousand affronts . . . Free Christians or Merchants . . . Cannot take Lodgings in the Houses of Turks ; but in those of the Jews they may, who 1 Morell, Algeria. 124 Algeria (continued} have their quarters assigned them in the City "- 1 Nevertheless, Hakluyt observed that " the securest lodging for a Christian .
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The wondrous people have preserved their special type ; an aquiline nose, a black beard, a magnificent but deceptive eye, a clear but colourless complexion. Their appearance is less scriptural and engaging than the interesting charac- teristic of the Lithuanian Jews. ... As always where they muster strong, they engross almost all the com- merce : bankers, brokers, and agents. . . . Nothing can be done without them. They attend to all branches of industry, save agriculture. Active, intriguing, a...nd versatile, they form a great contrast to the apathy of the Moors". 1 Ogilby states that they were no better used in Algeria than in all parts of Christendom. For besides the imposts levied on them, "it is permitted to every- one, yea and to the Christians themselves, to offer them a thousand affronts . . . Free Christians or Merchants . . . Cannot take Lodgings in the Houses of Turks ; but in those of the Jews they may, who 1 Morell, Algeria. 124 Algeria (continued} have their quarters assigned them in the City "- 1 Nevertheless, Hakluyt observed that " the securest lodging for a Christian .
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