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that I would attend at the Governor's houfe : I 

 went accordingly, and found the Lieutenant^ 

 Governor talking with fome officers in the yard. 

 His behaviour to me was rude, which did not 

 produce any excefs of politenefs on jny fide ; 

 he did not take off his hat to me, and I refufe4 

 to do fo to him J ii) fine, without any examina- 

 tion had, I was put under an arreft. 



My recommendations to the Britiih mer- 

 chants had JDeen pf the ftrongeft kindj and they 

 no fooner heard of my adventure, than they 

 offered and became my fecurities until the Go- 

 vernor-General, who was daily expedled, fhould 

 return. I then fent off an exprefs to the 

 Duchefs pf Kingfton, at her feat near Narva in. 

 Livonia; and Sauvage's wife fet off in perfoi) 

 for St. Peterfburgh. 



The Lieutenant-Governor, finding me fo re- 



pedably fijpported, and that I was provided 



with the necelTary palTports for entering thp 



country, made little objedion to leaving me at 



large in the town until the Governor-General 



fhould return. Mrs. Sauvage, who in the 



fcuffle had received fome flight hurt in her face, 



having procured recommendations frqm the 

 ... •* 



Fort Major, (who himfejf began tp be appre- 

 henfive for his own fafety, from the f^eps he ha^ 

 taken againft me,) laid her complaint before 

 fhe Emprefs, through the Chancellor Count 



Ofterman, 



