Siberia and the exile system . EXILES GOING ON BOARD THE BARGE. 116 SIBEKIA criuiiiials in America. Many of tlioni wore pleasant andgood-humored, some were fairly intelligent, and even tlieworst seemed to me stupid and brutish rather than savage W//ZM/A. MKNS CAGE, CONVICT BARGE —EXILES BUYING FOOD. or malignant. At last all were on board; the sliding doorsof the network cages were closed and secured with heavypadlocks, and a regular Russian bazar opened on the land-ing-stage. Male and female peddlers to the number of A SIBERIAN CONVICT BARGE 117 forty or fifty were allowed to come down to the
Siberia and the exile system . EXILES GOING ON BOARD THE BARGE. 116 SIBEKIA criuiiiials in America. Many of tlioni wore pleasant andgood-humored, some were fairly intelligent, and even tlieworst seemed to me stupid and brutish rather than savage W//ZM/A. MKNS CAGE, CONVICT BARGE —EXILES BUYING FOOD. or malignant. At last all were on board; the sliding doorsof the network cages were closed and secured with heavypadlocks, and a regular Russian bazar opened on the land-ing-stage. Male and female peddlers to the number of A SIBERIAN CONVICT BARGE 117 forty or fifty were allowed to come down to the side of thebarge to sell provisions to the prisoners, most of whomseemed to be in possession of money. In one place mightbe seen a half-grown girl passing hard-boiled eggs one byone through the interstices of the network; in another, agray-haired old woman was pouring milk through a tintube into a tea-pot held by a convict on the inside of thecage; and all along the T^arge men were buying or bar-gaining for loaves of black rye-bread, salted cucumbers,pretzels, and fish turnovers. The peddlers seemed to haveperfect trust in the convicts, and often passed in food tothem before they had received pay for it. The soldiersof the guard, who were good
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