. With the Russians in peace and war; recollections of a military attaché . they had to march the whole distance, manyperishing on the road, I do not know a moredepressing sight than to meet, as I have on severaloccasions, one of these great convict-ships convey-ing its living freight of miserable human beingsto the unknown horrors of Siberia. The vessels arebuilt in two or three tiers of barred cages, eachtier having a gallery outside it, which forms thesentrys beat. I once met one of these vesselssteaming slowly down the Volga by night, andthe dim lights behind the bars, together with thesen
. With the Russians in peace and war; recollections of a military attaché . they had to march the whole distance, manyperishing on the road, I do not know a moredepressing sight than to meet, as I have on severaloccasions, one of these great convict-ships convey-ing its living freight of miserable human beingsto the unknown horrors of Siberia. The vessels arebuilt in two or three tiers of barred cages, eachtier having a gallery outside it, which forms thesentrys beat. I once met one of these vesselssteaming slowly down the Volga by night, andthe dim lights behind the bars, together with thesentries with drawn swords patrolling the galleries,combined to produce a picture of inexpressiblesadness. With reference to General Ignatieff, two inci-dents come to my mind which, I think, are worthrecording as extremely characteristic of the man. As I have said before, although his hatred ofEngland was proverbial, he was the first personto take me by the hand on my arrival at head-quarters after my disagreeable interview with theGrand Duke Nicholas, and, although I was a. (COUNT IGNATIEFF. 288 WITH THE RUSSIANS the middle of the night at the Nijni terrainwhence e conveyed under escort to t riv< Here tugs are in waiting to t; he huge black floating cages at andtiddle of the river, and in which, beforethey rind themselves steaming towardsdreaded this manner of transporting theoners is far less cruel than the old system, bywhich they had to march the whole distance, manyperishing on the road, 1 do not know a moredepressing sight than to meet, as I have on severalne of these great convict-ships convey-ing its living freight of miserable human beingsto the unknown horrors of Siberia. The vessels arebuilt in two or three tiers of barred cages, eachhaving mtside it, which forms the beat. I once met one of these vesselsLowly down the Volga by night, andthe di ehind the bars, together with the sentn< ords patrolling the galleries, combined to produce a pictur
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