Plans were concocted, partly put into execution, and then proved failures.

Some of these caused increased suffering to the prisoners after their discovery; for, where the real parties could not be found, the whole were ill-treated as a punishment to the guilty.

Tunnelling was generally the mode for escape; and tunnelling became the order of the day, or, rather, the work for the night.

In the latter part of November, 1863, the unusual gaiety of the prisoners showed that some plan of exit from the prison was soon to be exhibited..