Note 23 — Section 167. RUSSIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS IN BANISHMENT. III.
Reading edition
[1] Say ‘Hereupon one demands (verlangen) of him the solemn promise’.
[2] not of any kind, keinerlei, adj. (indeclinable).
[3] or try = and not try. The auxiliary verb of mood ‘will’ need be expressed but once, and stands, of course?
[4] unterrichten, insep. comp. w. v. tr.
[5] Say ‘and that he besides (außer) shoemaking (Schuhmacherei, f., with def. art.), carpentering and field-labour, will carry on (treiben) no (keinerlei) occupation’.
[6] ‘then’, here Endlich, with which begin the clause, and construe accord. to S. 4, N. 4 (man).
[7] but — warned, aber zugleich kündigt man ihm an.
[8] that — escape. This passage requires an altogether different construction in German; say ‘they (man) would upon (bei) an attempt, to go beyond (überschreiten, insep. comp. str. v. tr.) the limits of the town, not allow him to escape, but rather (vielmehr) shoot him down like a dog’ (liter.—but him rather like a dog shoot down, nie´derschießen)’.
[9] Say ‘should he however be caught (ein´fangen) alive, (so) they (man) would send him without further formality (Formalität, f.), upon the simple order of the Ispravnik to the East of Siberia’.
[10] and — realising = and well knowing (pres. p.).
[11] to bid farewell, Lebewohl sagen.
[12] materielle Bequemlichkeiten (Nom. pl.), which use with the def. art. in the Dat. pl.
[13] = former.
[14] to walk out into the street, in die Straße hinaus´schreiten.
[15] = outside.
[16] Supply the pron. ‘these’ before the verb take (führen, i.e. lead); to = into.
[17] to demand news from home, einen nach Nachrichten aus der Heimat fragen.
[18] in drink, im Trunke.
[19] in — threes, je zwei oder drei zusammen.
[20] Supply ‘as also’ before ‘money’; in common, gemeinschaftlich.
[21] My parents consider it their duty to help their neighbours in every emergency, meine Eltern halten es für ihre Pflicht, ihren Nachbarn in jeder Not und Gefahr beizustehen.
[22] Insert ‘und zwar’ before ‘without’, which will improve the rendering very much.
[23] von.
[24] 1 sh. = 1 Mark; a month, monatlich, jeden Monat, or alle Monate.
[25] doch die Bürgerlichen; repeat ‘Mark’ after ‘ten’.
[26] and sent = and are being sent (see S. 2, N. 1).
[27] = children.