CHAPTER XXIII.

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_IRKUTSK._

Province of Irkutsk.--The capital.--Its markets.--Telegraph officers.--Visit to the Governor.--Ruins of the city.--Attempt to establish a Bible depôt.--Supposed incendiarism.--Benevolent arrangements of authorities.--Wife-beating.--Servility of Russian peasants.--Visit to a rich merchant.--Ecclesiastical affairs.--Visit to the acting Governor-General.--The prisons.--A prisoner’s view of them.--Prison committee.--Distribution of books.--Visit to inspector of schools.--Change of route 264