Siberia and the exile system . r Letter of the Prisonworse as winter came on. No atten- and Exile Department, No. 10,887,tion whatever was paid, so far as I December 15, 1880.) DEPORTATION BY ETAPE. 387 breathing the ail* of one ofthose cells when the doorswere reopened in the morn-ing, I decided not to makethe experiment. The second days marchof the convict party that leftTomsk on the 24th of Augustdiffered little from the hasty and rather scantybreakfast in the kdmeras wasfollowed by the assemblingof the contacts, the morn-ing roll-call, and the depar-ture ; the days journey wasagain
Siberia and the exile system . r Letter of the Prisonworse as winter came on. No atten- and Exile Department, No. 10,887,tion whatever was paid, so far as I December 15, 1880.) DEPORTATION BY ETAPE. 387 breathing the ail* of one ofthose cells when the doorswere reopened in the morn-ing, I decided not to makethe experiment. The second days marchof the convict party that leftTomsk on the 24th of Augustdiffered little from the hasty and rather scantybreakfast in the kdmeras wasfollowed by the assemblingof the contacts, the morn-ing roll-call, and the depar-ture ; the days journey wasagain broken by the privdl,or halt for lunch ; and earlyin the afternoon the partyreached the first regularetape, where it was to changeconvoys and stop one day forrest. The eta2)e differs from thepolu-etape only in size and inthe arrangement of its build-ings. The courtyard is more spa-cious, and the kdmeras are a Sololiert9uSrters Ba-^ hZL r,a>r>ei Ebpe Kamerj, --=- ConvoyOfficershou-se Qit e Kline ra PLAN OF ABOVE. little larger than in the polu-etape; but the buildings areold and in bad repair, andthere is not room enough inthem for half the numberof prisoners now :^orwardedin every party. GeneralAniichin, the governor-gen- 388 SIBERIA era! of Eastern Siberia, who saw the etapfs along the greatSiberian road at their best, describes thein, in a report tothe Tsar, as follows: During- my journey to Irkiitsk I inspected a great number ofpenal institutions, including city prisons, forwarding prisons, and(tapes; and I regret to have to say that most of them are in alamentable condition. The Hapes are particularly bad. With avery few exceptions they are tumble-down buildings, in bad sani-tary condition, cold in winter, saturated with miasm, and offeringvery little security against escapes.^ I have not myself said anything worse of etapes than these buildings, after they had been put in the best pos-sible condition for the governor-generals inspecti
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