CHAPTER XXIII The organisation of our common life—The “Siriuses”—Wagers 221-232 CHAPTER XXIV Some details of the prison’s history—The “Tom-cat”—The 233-247 “Sanhedrin’s room“—My first Siberian spring CHAPTER XXV Humours and pastimes of prison life—Two new 248-265 commandants—The “Hospital”—The participators in armed resistance CHAPTER XXVI The women’s prison 266-274 CHAPTER XXVII The “colonists”—Further events in the women’s prison—The 275-282 hunger-strikes—The Yakutsk massacre CHAPTER XXVIII Our celebration of the centenary of the French 283-290 Revolution—Sergius Bobohov—The end of the tragedy CHAPTER XXIX Disquieting reports—Visit of the Governor-General—Release 291-299 from prison CHAPTER XXX Nizhnaya-Kara—New life—Stolen gold 300-306 CHAPTER XXXI The tour of the Heir-Apparent through Siberia—Our life in 307-315 the penal settlement—An incensed official CHAPTER XXXII The death of the Tsar—New manifestoes—The census 316-322 CHAPTER XXXIII A prehistoric monument—My departure from Kara—Life in 323-346 Stretyensk—My transference to Blagovèstshensk—The massacres of July, 1900 CHAPTER XXXIV My flight from Siberia—The end of my journey round the 347-359 world—My friend Axelrod again—Conclusion INDEX 361 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS LEO DEUTSCH, IN PRISON DRESS _Frontispiece_ FORTRESS OF PETER AND PAUL, ST. PETERSBURG _To face page_ 48 PRISONERS MARCHING THROUGH THE STREETS OF ODESSA “ 96 “BUTIRKI,” THE CENTRAL PRISON AT MOSCOW “ 110 PORTRAITS: TCHUIKOV, SPANDONI, VERA FIGNER, “ 112 STEFANOVITCH, MIRSKY SIBERIAN HALTING-STATION (ÉTAPE) “ 146 IN A SIBERIAN PRISON “ 158 ROLL-CALL OF PRISONERS AT A HALTING-STATION “ 160 ESCAPED CONVICT-TRAMP (BRODYAGA) “ 164 AN ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE “ 170 PORTRAITS: MARTINOVSKY, STARINKYEVITCH, “ 208 SUNDELEVITCH, ZLATOPOLSKY, PRYBYLYEV, YEMELYANOV PRISONERS GOLD-WASHING AT KARA “ 232 YARD OF KARA PRISON FOR “POLITICALS” “ 254