CHAPTER XX.

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_FROM KRASNOIARSK TO ALEXANDREFFSKY._

Situation of Krasnoiarsk.--Our hotel.--Dr. Peacock.--Visit to prison, hospital, and madhouse.--Cathedral.--Drive in “Rotten Row.”--Shoeing horses.--Bible affairs at Krasnoiarsk.--Consignment to Governor for provinces of Yeneseisk and Yakutsk.--Departure from Krasnoiarsk.--Change of scenery.--Kansk _Okrug_.--Our arrival anticipated.--Visit to Ispravnik.--Statistics of crime.--The Protopope of Kansk.--Parochial information.--Demand for Scriptures.--A travelling companion.--Further posting help.--Butterflies and mosquitoes.--Nijni Udinsk.--Telma factory.--A _détour_.--Alexandreffsky 227