CHAPTER XV.

Settlement of the Order at Malta.--A Barren Waste.--A New Era for the Natives.--Foundling Hospitals.--Grand Master La Vallette.--Sailors and Soldiers.--Capture of Prisoners at Mondon.--A Slave Story in Brief.--Christian Corsairs!--The Ottomans attack the Knights in their New Home.--Defeat of the Turks.--Terrible Slaughter of Human Beings.--Civil War.--Summary Punishment.--Some Details of a Famous Siege. 274