140 ILLNESS. THE KRONSTADT LINE. AGAIN TO ST. PETERSBURG. 



interrupted. One day I felt extremely unwell. In vain 

 I sought recovery by Russian baths and similar self- 

 prescribed remedies, and finally by an emetic which I 

 w r as able to procure. After the unspeakably painful 

 night which ensued I fortunately received a visit from 

 friend Heyse. who perceived the seriousness of my ill- 

 ness and sent his doctor to me. I had caught the 

 measles, which w^ere then raging in St. Petersburg. 

 Severe inflammation of the kidneys followed, which 

 chained me for some months to a sick bed. and from 

 the consequences of which I had long to suffer. 



Apart from this personal mishap the results of 

 my journey were very favourable for the development 

 of our business relations. We obtained the commission 

 to lay an underground line from St. Petersburg to 

 Oranienbaum with a cable junction to Kronstadt. 



The construction of the Kronstadt line, and the 

 necessity of organizing another representation of our 

 firm in Russia, led me again to St. Petersburg in the 

 summer of 1852. I found there in a German merchant 

 of the first guild. Mr. Kapherr. a very suitable re- 

 presentative, who has contributed much by his activity 

 and adroitness to the favourable results of our Russian 

 undertakings: and I was able to come into closer 



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connection with the department of public ways and 

 communications, to which the construction and manage- 

 ment of telegraph lines appertained. 



My marriage with Matilda Drumann w r as celebrated 

 on the first of October 1852 in Konigsberg. After a 

 short stav in Berlin we travelled to the Rhine and then 



