VOYAGE TO MADAGASCAR, I59 



** which I had been difpatched by the 

 *' princes. 



** Having inrmed a friendfhip with the 

 " governor, we entered into a treaty, by 

 " which, with t ie afliftance of Tuga, we 

 ** engaged to ret* re into Poland j and the 

 ** governoi- had dir^^ofed every thing to fa- 

 " cilitate our efcape, when, on the 1 Sth of 

 ** Odober 1769, ar ofHcer of the guards 

 ** arrived from Petf rfburgh with orders to 

 ** arreft the governor j but the governor 

 " prevented him by putting him to death ; 

 ** and, feekingfafety by flight, left U3 all pri- 

 foners* That very day we were loaded 

 *' with chains, and condn£ted to Peterf- 

 ** burgh, where it was impoffible for me to 

 ** hear any farther news of my companions 

 ** in adverfity, 



** I was Chut up in the private prifon of 

 ** Fortality ; and, on the fourth day after 

 ** being obliged to appear before Orlow and 

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