nets were stretched 7 feet apart, and soldiers were walking up

and down the space between them. On the further side of the nets

were the prisoners, on the nearer, the visitors. Between them was

a double row of nets and a space of 7 feet wide, so that they

could not hand anything to one another, and any one whose sight

was not very good could not even distinguish the face on the

other side. It was also difficult to talk; one had to scream in

On both sides were faces pressed close to the nets, faces of