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the 12th of May the obligatory bills were put into his
hands at Adrianople, and he continued his journey. This
time he was accompanied by a Tartar, two Pashas, and a
German servant, Johann Ernst Biineck, who by trade was a
wheelwright in Breslau. By way of Tassi, which was
reached on H May, they arrived at Chozin after a journey
of three days. Here the Pasha showed the Major a
letter written in Polish, and promising a rich reward to
any one that would arrest him. According to other
information, a Greek at Lemberg was lying in wait for
Sinclair, eager to earn the hundred Ducats promised for
any news concerning him. Acting upon this news,
Sinclair took another way through Poland. Furnished
with the Pasha’s recommendation, they reached Stanislas,
the residence of a certain General or Grand-General
Potocki, where an officer led them to a small inn kept by
a Jew. The house next to it was occupied by a Russian
Colonel of the name of Darewski. Not long after their
arrival the servant of the latter appeared and tried to
discover any news he could concerning the travellers
under pretence of buying brandy. An Adjutant also sent
for them to ask for their passports and inquire into their
business. The Lieutenant who acted as their guide then
treated them to free drinks, to ferret out the secret of
their errand, but it so happened that he drank too much
himself and left them free from his importunities.
From this point of their journey onward they were
tracked by two people, the one a servant in a white dress,
the other in a Colonel’s uniform. They had noticed both
at Stanislas.
On the they came to Lugensko, where Potocki had
desired the Governor to furnish them with an escort as
far as the Polish frontier. During their stay at this
place a Jew approached the servant and inquired of
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