Siberia and the exile system . tals. 12141098109012691301145514991688134214251452141315431688 1140486673574579 492300193570391197202150103 1211331511541382277107113 111302321 16 DELmCKED SICK. 301 ... 70 .. 190 . 196 115 1191432161828571626667 20969 2598 3452 1016 25 286 258 1011 872 299 It must be borne in mind that thesefigures show only a small part of thesickness and mortality in convict par-ties from points of departure to pointsof destination. Before reaching Tin-man the convicts travel by barge fromNizhni Novgorod to Perm, a distance of nearly 1000 miles, and after le
Siberia and the exile system . tals. 12141098109012691301145514991688134214251452141315431688 1140486673574579 492300193570391197202150103 1211331511541382277107113 111302321 16 DELmCKED SICK. 301 ... 70 .. 190 . 196 115 1191432161828571626667 20969 2598 3452 1016 25 286 258 1011 872 299 It must be borne in mind that thesefigures show only a small part of thesickness and mortality in convict par-ties from points of departure to pointsof destination. Before reaching Tin-man the convicts travel by barge fromNizhni Novgorod to Perm, a distance of nearly 1000 miles, and after leavingTomsk many of them walk nearly 2000miles into Eastern Siberia. In a sub-sequent paper I shall give statistics ofsickness and mortality for the wholejourney from Moscow to Irkutsk. 300 SIBERIA who, of tourse, are less able than adults to endure thehardshijis, the privations, and exposures of barge life. Iam glad to be able to say that, in my judgment, the inspec-tor of exile transportation and the local Sil)erian author-. ities are now doing all that lies in their power to do forthe comfort and health of exiles on the voyage betweenTinmen and Tomsk. The barges are thoroughly cleanedand fumigated after every trip, and the prisoners are aswell fed and cared for as they can be with the limited sum THE PROVINCE AND THE CITY OF TOMSK 301 of money that the Government appropriates for the pur-pose. The suffering and disease which still exist are attrib-utable mainly to overcrowding, and overcrowding theSiberian officials cannot prevent. Ten or twelve thousandexiles are turned over to them every summer, and they mustsend them eastward as best they can while the season ofnavigation lasts. They have only three barges, and eighteenround trips are all that can be made during the time thatthe river remains open. They are therefore compelled tosend from 600 to 800 exiles in a single barge at every trip,and this inevitably results in a great deal of sickness andsuffering. CHAPTER XIII THE
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