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FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. 



to the same routes by which they travelled from Russia, very many, 

 if not most of them, would reach their goal in safety. But in Tjumen, 

 Perm, or Kasan nearly all are recaptured. And even if those who 

 have exchanged names do not forget their rdle; or if others answer 





Fig. 78 Flight of an Exile in Siberia. 



only " I don't know " to every question, neither exchange of name 

 nor obstinate ignorance will save them ultimately from the sentence 

 to return to Siberia, nor from the strokes of the rod which are meted 

 out to every recaptured fugitive. The captive has to traverse a 

 second time the penal route, possibly only to make another attempt 



