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JOURNEY TO KOSLOF. 
disposal of his body — Particulars of the death of Howard 
— Order of his Funeral — Tomb of Howard — Nicholaef. 
CHAP. 
VIII. 
Journey to 
Koslof. 
w e left Akmetchet for Koslof, on the twenty- 
eighth. of September, in the hope of obtaining a 
passage to Constantinople, on board a Turkish 
brigantine, Captain Osman Rees. From what- 
ever port of the Russian empire our escape 
might be effected, we knew it would be attended 
with considerable hazard. We had been denied 
a passport from Government to that effect, 
and we had every reason to be convinced none 
would be speedily granted. After waiting many 
months, in vain expectation of a release from the 
oppressive tyranny then exercised over English- 
men by every Russian they encountered, female in- 
terest in Petersburg accomplished our delivery 
A forged order from the Sovereign was exe- 
cuted, and sent to us: by means of which, in 
spite of the vigilance of the police, we contrived 
to leave the country. It is proper to state this 
circumstance, lest any of those, by whom we 
were so hospitably entertained, should hereafter 
be considered as having been accessary to our 
flight. Koslof was fixed upon, as a place the 
(l) Nothing but the dangerous consequences of a more explicit 
acknowledgment prevents the author from naming the Friend to whom 
he was thus indebted. 
