322 ROADS OF CRONSTADT. 



our invalids quickly recovered, and we escaped 

 Avith the loss of one sailor only. By the 12th 

 of March, when we passed the Azore Islands, 

 the crew was again in perfect health. On the 

 3rd of June we reached Portsmouth, where we 

 stopped some days. On the 29th we touched 

 at Copenhagen, and on the 10th of July joy- 

 fully dropped our anchor in the roads of 

 Cronstadt, from whence we had sailed nearly 

 three years before. 



If my readers have by this time become 

 sufficiently acquainted with me to interest them- 

 selves in my affairs, they will not learn with 

 indifference, that my most gracious Sovereign 

 the Emperor has honoured me by the most 

 condescending testimonials of his satisfaction, 

 and that after our long separation, I had the 

 gratification of finding my wife and children 

 well and happy. 



