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'The next division of the shipwrecked crew chartered an 

 American ship, and escaped the British. The tnird and 

 last division, of which I was one, tried to escape, but 

 were captured by the British man of war the Baraccoota. 

 I remained a prisoner of war for about a year, visiting 

 various ports in India, and I was treated with such 

 courtesy and kindness that, to tell the truth, I would 

 have no objections to be again taken prisons/ by a ship 

 of the British navy ! At all events, I shall never forget 

 my generous friends and the Baraccoota." Such wai 

 the story of the Russian lieutenant. 



