258 VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR* 



** conferring with the princxpalsi and taking 

 " their advice on this fubjedt, I cfcaped to 

 ** Cazan, by pretending to/the governor that 



I had an ardent d«firf to vifit the copper 

 ** mines, and arrived v^ithout any accidenl: 



at Kaluga, affifted \>y colonel Bacheme- 

 '* iriew, the govern O' of Fortahty, who was 



of the party of ih^ prifoners, 



I had been apiointcd to treat perfon- 

 *^ ally with the priitces and magnates ; and 



it was agreed, tha*, confining myfelf to 

 ** a few expeditions, I fliould fet out for 

 ** Peterfburgh. I even repaired, without de- 

 " lay , to Quorfum, and taking up my quar- 

 *i ters in the houfe of colonel Soacfek, I 

 *' finifbed the expedition according to my 

 *' engagement. When on the point of re- 

 " turning to Cafan, I was arrefted by orders 

 " of the emprefs of RuHia ; and as nothing 

 *' certain was known refpeding my private 

 ** Hight, I was fent prifoner to Kaluga, to 



" whicU 



