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As these unfortunate people slowly trudged along, the heartless guards on horseback whipped them and often prodded them with bayonets. Sometimes both men and women fell fainting and dying along the wayside. AS THESE UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE SLOWLY TRUDGED ALONG THE HEARTLESS GUARDS ON HORSEBACK WHIPPED THEM AND OFTEN PRODDED THEM WITH BAYONETS SOMETIMES BOTH MEN AND WOMEN FELL FAINTING AND DYING ALONG THE WAYSIDE
est 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. 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. In summer they sweltered and in winter they nearly froze to death. E 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 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 IN SUMMER THEY SWELTERED AND IN WINTER THEY NEARLY FROZE TO DEATH
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