XIX. SOME MINOR PRISONS 262 WINCHESTER 262 ROSCROW AND KERGILLIACK 264 SHREWSBURY 266 YARMOUTH 268 EDINBURGH 269 XX. LOUIS VANHILLE: A FAMOUS ESCAPER 278 XXI. THE PRISON SYSTEM—PRISONERS ON PAROLE 284 XXII. PAROLE LIFE 299 XXIII. THE PRISONERS ON PAROLE IN SCOTLAND 316 XXIV. PAROLE PRISONERS IN SCOTLAND (_continued_) 338 XXV. PRISONERS OF WAR IN WALES 357 XXVI. ESCAPE AGENTS AND ESCAPES 365 XXVII. ESCAPES OF PRISONERS ON PAROLE 376 XXVIII. COMPLAINTS OF PRISONERS 395 XXIX. PAROLE LIFE: SUNDRY NOTES 412 XXX. PAROLE LIFE: SUNDRY NOTES (_continued_) 432 XXXI. VARIORUM: 1. SOME DISTINGUISHED PRISONERS OF WAR 442 2. SOME STATISTICS 449 3. EPITAPHS OF PRISONERS 451 INDEX 455 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE PLAIT MERCHANTS TRADING WITH THE FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR AT NORMAN CROSS _Frontispiece_ _From a painting by A. C. Cooke, Esq., in the Town Hall, Luton; reproduced here by permission of the artist._ FRENCH SAILORS ON AN ENGLISH PRISON SHIP 42 _After Bombled._ PRISON SHIPS 45 _From a sketch by the Author._ MEMORIAL TO FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR IN THE ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS, CHATHAM _To face p._ 46 GARNERAY DRAWING AN ENGLISH SOLDIER 62 _After Louis Garneray._ THE _CROWN_ HULK SEEN FROM THE STERN 67 _After Louis Garneray._ EXTERIOR VIEW OF A HULK 72 _After Louis Garneray._ THE _VENGEANCE_ HULK 74 _After Louis Garneray._ ORLOP DECK OF _BRUNSWICK_ PRISON SHIP, CHATHAM 101 _After Colonel Lebertre._ SISSINGHURST CASTLE _To face p._ 126 _From an old print in the possession of Henry Neve, Esq., by whose permission it is reproduced._