Note 1 — Chapter XLVII · NIKOLAEFSK.

So rare is it for them to see a visitor to the prison in these parts, that some of the men supposed I was sent by some foreign Government to inquire into their condition; and I heard that they subsequently came to seek me with a written paper, but I was not in the house when they called. My position having been explained to them, they declined to leave the paper, and so I heard no more of the matter.