ODESSA. 
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we found in the port of Odessa, a Venetian bri- c j*£ r ‘ 
eantine, laden with corn, bound for the Adriatic ; ' — 
whose master, II Capitano Francesco Bergamini, 
not only eagerly embraced the opportunity of 
conveying us to Constantinople, but promised 
also to assist in facilitating our escape, by 
enforcing the validity of the passport we had 
brought with us. He waited only the arrival 
of his own order for sailing, from the office of 
Nicholaef: in the mean time we made every 
thing ready for our embarkation. 
