Siberia and the exile system . -seum— the latter containing, among other things, 900species of wild flowers collected in the vicinity of the is, in short, a school that would be in the highest degreecreditable to any city of similar size in the United States. From Mr. Slovtsof we obtained the address of R. Wardropper, a Scotch gentleman who hadfor twenty years or more been engaged in business inSiberia; and feeling sure that would be glad to seeanj one from the western world,we ventured to call upon himwithout the formality of an in-troduction. We were received b
Siberia and the exile system . -seum— the latter containing, among other things, 900species of wild flowers collected in the vicinity of the is, in short, a school that would be in the highest degreecreditable to any city of similar size in the United States. From Mr. Slovtsof we obtained the address of R. Wardropper, a Scotch gentleman who hadfor twenty years or more been engaged in business inSiberia; and feeling sure that would be glad to seeanj one from the western world,we ventured to call upon himwithout the formality of an in-troduction. We were received bythe whole family with the mostwarm-hearted hospitality, and theirhouse was made almost a home tous during the remainder of ourstay in the city. On the morning after our first visit to the Tinmen for-warding prison we had an opportunity of seeing the de-parture of a marching exile party. We went to the prisonmerely for the purpose of getting a sketch or a photographof it, but happened to be just in time to see a party of 360. VOLUNTARY EXILES.(DOBROVOLNI.) 108 SIBERIA men, women, and children set out on foot for attention was first attracted by a great crowd of peoplestanding in the street outside the prison wall. As we drewnearer, the crowd resolved itself into a hundred or morewomen and children in bright-colored calico gowns, withkerchiefs over their heads, and about 250 men dressed inthe gray exile costume, all standing close together in adense throng, surrounded by a cordon of soldiers. In thestreet near them w^ere fifteen or twenty one-horse telerjas,or small four-wheeled wagons, some piled high with thegray bags in which exiles carry their spare clothing andj)ersonal property, and some filled with men, women, andchildren, who, by reason of age, weakness, or infirmity,could not walk. It seemed surprising to me that anybodyshould be able to walk after a weeks confinement in thatprison. The air was filled with a continuous hum of voicesas the exiles talked
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