Alexandrófski central prison and Krasnoyarsk; but when

we reached the latter place he went to bed, with his clothes on, and slept sixteen hours without waking.

The route that we intended to follow on our return jour- ney to St. Petersburg differed a little from that which we had pursued in coming into Siberia, and included two im- portant towns that we had not yet visited, namely, Minu- sinsk and Tobolsk. The former we expected to reach by making a detour of about four hundred miles to the south- ward from Krasnoyarsk, and the latter by taking a more northerly route between Omsk and Tiumen than the one over which we had passed on our way eastward. Our equip- ment for the long and difficult journey that lay before us consisted of a strongly built pavoska, or seatless traveling- sleigh, with low runners, wide outriggers, and a sort of carriage-top which could be closed with a leather curtain in stormy weather; a very heavy sheepskin bag six feet wide and nine feet long in which we could both lie side by side at full length; eight or ten pillows and cushions of various sizes to fill up chinks in the mass of baggage and to break the force of the jolting on rough roads; three overcoats apiece of soft shaggy sheepskin, so graded in size and weight that we could adapt ourselves to any temperature from the freezing-point to eighty degrees below; very long and heavy felt boots known in Siberia as vdlinki ; fur caps, mittens, and a small quantity of provisions consisting chiefly of tea, sugar, bread, condensed milk, boiled ham, frozen soup in cakes, and a couple of roasted grouse. Our heavy baggage had been packed as carefully as possible in the bottom of the pavoska, so as to make a comparatively smooth and level foundation; the interstices had been stuffed with pil- lows and cushions; the somewhat lumpy surface had then been covered to a depth of twelve or fourteen inches with straw; and, finally, over all had been spread our spare over- coats, blankets, and the big sheepskin bag, with a quantity of pillows at the back.