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farts of Tartary drawn by dogs, without 

 " hearing any thing of the reft. We fufFered 

 ** much from hunger j and, after traverf- 

 *' ing Siberia, we found fome exiled officers 



of different nations, 



*' At length, on the 20th of May# 1770, 

 ** we reached the port of Ochozk, where we 

 ** were kindly receivi-d by Pleniftere^ the 

 " governon Soon after^ two Ruffian oiScers 

 *' arrived, who faid they belonged to the 

 " guards of their highneffes the princes de- 

 ** taincd at Kaluga, and with whom I formed 

 *' an intimate friendfhip. 



** On the 3d of September the fame 

 " year, we were put on board a fhip, and 



conveyed to the port of Bolfao, On the 

 *■ 24th of December I received a letter from 

 " the bifhop of Cracaw, by a merchant, 

 *' who tranfmitted it to me. It iniornied 

 " me that the princes were removed to the 

 " northern part of Tartary, towards Ana* 

 S 4 " dyo ; 



