a64 VOYAGE TO MA1>AGASCAR. 



" dyo i and that a troop of RufEan foldier» 

 " were preparing to revolt, in order to re- 

 ** leafe them, I immediately wrote to ma- 

 **jor Vynblat, to inform him what he 

 " fhould do to procure ,as our liberty alfo, 

 ** For my part, I rendered myfelf the friend 

 ** of the officer Gurefmim, who never quit- 

 ** ted me j and he not only facilitated the 

 ** means of my efcaping, but even opened 

 his purfe to me, 



** Our affairs were in this fituation when 

 ** we were joined by two exiled Ruffian 

 *' officers, who told me, that near us there 

 " was a prifoner clofely guarded, who was 

 ** fuppofed to be a perfon of great diftindion^ 



aad who had been kept in irons feven 

 ** years. No perfon could give us any fa- 

 ** tisfadiory account of him : we were only 

 " told that he was ten or eleven years of 

 ** age, and that he was entrufted to the 

 " care of an old officer, who wiihed very 



** much 



