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106 journey, he was now very polite, and even talkative; he told me that General Kosciuszko was living at the house of the Governor of the fortress, in consequence of his being in bad health, that in the conversation which the latter had with him on the day of his arrival, he requested him to put down in writing what had induced him to raise insurrection, his object, relations with the foreign courts, the means which he had of carrying on war, and other circumstances connected with it. Titow told me that the General was engaged in this work, with equal pain and repugnance. On the following day Alexander-Siemianowicz Makarow visited me. He spoke German, and told me that the communication between the town and the fortress was interrupted, owing to the impossibility of crossing the river for the last few days. He asked me whether I was well fed. I desired him to send me a surgeon to dress my arm; the wound was closed, but my hand was so much swollen that I could not use it, and I suffered excruciating