ontier town of Poland. For
this reason we continued our route all along the Silesian confines to
Meseritsch.

Feb. 2.--To Bobrek and Elkusch, five miles. We suffered much this day
because of the snow, and that the lightness of our dress was ill suited
to such severe weather. Schell, negligently, lost our purse, in which
were nine florins. I had still, however, nineteen grosch in my pocket
(about half-a-crown).

Feb. 3.--To Crumelew, three miles; and

Feb. 4.--To Wladowiegud Joreck, three miles more; and from thence, on.

Feb. 5.--To Czenstochowa, where there is a magnificent convent,
concerning which, had I room, I might write many remarkable things, much
to the disgrace of its inhabitants.

We slept at an inn kept by a very worthy man, whose name was Lazar. He
had been a lieutenant in the Austrian service, where he had suffered
much, and was now become a poor innkeeper in Poland. We had not a penny
in our purse, and requested a bit of bread. The generous man had
compassion on us, and desired us to sit down and eat with himself. I
then told him who we were, and trusted him with the motives of our
journey. Scarcely had we supped, before a carriage arrived with three
people. They had their own horses, a servant and a coachman.

This is a remarkable incident, and I must relate it circumstantially,
though as briefly as possible.

We had before met this carriage at Elkusch, and one of these people had
asked Schell where we were going; he had replied, to Czenstochowa; we
therefore had not the least suspicion of them, notwithstanding the danger
we ran.

They lay at the inn, saluted us, but with indifference, not seeming to
notice us, and spoke little. We had not been long in bed, before our
host came to awaken us, and told us with surprise, these pretended
merchants were sent to arrest us from Prussia; that they had offered,
first, fifty, afterwards, a hundred ducats, if he would permit them to
take us in his house, and carry us into Silesia: that he had firmly
rejected the proposal, though they had increased their promises: and that
at last they had given him six ducats to engage his silence.

We clearly saw these were an officer and under-officers sent by General
Fouquet, to recover us. We conjectured by what means they had discovered
our route, and imagined the information they had received could only come
from one Lieutenant Molinie, of the garrison of Habelschwert, who had
come to visit Schell, as a