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Often it was midnight before they reached the sheds in which were the sleeping benches. Here they had to lie down on bare planks without any covering. There was no ventilation in these sheds except a bare window or two in the gable. OFTEN IT WAS MIDNIGHT BEFORE THEY REACHED THE SHEDS IN WHICH WERE THE SLEEPING BENCHES HERE THEY HAD TO LIE DOWN ON BARE PLANKS WITHOUT ANY COVERING THERE WAS NO VENTILATION IN THESE SHEDS EXCEPT A BARE WINDOW OR TWO IN THE GABLE
ache to see them. As I rode in a comfortable car with a good bed to sleep in it was hard to keep from thinking of these unfortunate people who were herded like cattle in cold, dirty cars day after day and night after night for a month. Food was thrown to them almost as though they were pigs and at best this food was of the coarsest and most unsavory kind. But their journey, packed in these unwarmed and unsanitary cars was so much better than what exiles had endured before the railroad was built, that one can hardly make a comparison. Then the exiles had to make the long four thousand mile journey on foot. It took about two years. Most of the convicts wore chains on their ankles that weighed five pounds and chains on their wrists that weighed two pounds. Sometimes these chains wore the flesh from the bones and the pain, as they trudged along their way, was simply terrible. Men and women were herded in droves like cattle. They had to make so many miles each day through storm or sunshine. E ONE'S HEART ACHE TO SEE THEM AS I RODE IN A COMFORTABLE CAR WITH A GOOD BED TO SLEEP IN IT WAS HARD TO KEEP FROM THINKING OF THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE WHO WERE HERDED LIKE CATTLE IN COLD DIRTY CARS DAY AFTER DAY AND NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR A MONTH FOOD WAS THROWN TO THEM ALMOST AS THOUGH THEY WERE PIGS AND AT BEST THIS FOOD WAS OF THE COARSEST AND MOST UNSAVOURY KIND BUT THEIR JOURNEY PACKED IN THESE UNWARMED AND UNSANITARY CARS WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT EXILES HAD ENDURED BEFORE THE RAILROAD WAS BUILT THAT ONE CAN HARDLY MAKE A COMPARISON THEN THE EXILES HAD TO MAKE THE LONG FOUR THOUSAND MILE JOURNEY ON FOOT IT TOOK ABOUT TWO YEARS MOST OF THE CONVICTS WORE CHAINS ON THEIR ANKLES THAT WEIGHED FIVE POUNDS AND CHAINS ON THEIR WRISTS THAT WEIGHED TWO POUNDS SOMETIMES THESE CHAINS WORE THE FLESH FROM THE BONES AND THE PAIN AS THEY TRUDGED ALONG THEIR WAY WAS SIMPLY TERRIBLE MEN AND WOMEN WERE HERDED IN DROVES LIKE CATTLE THEY HAD TO MAKE SO MANY MILES EACH DAY THROUGH STORM OR SUNSHINE
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