He felt this being hoisted up, it was carried downstairs, and then placed on something.

A minute afterwards he felt a vibration, followed by a swaying and bumping, and guessed at once that he was on a cart, and was being removed, either to prison or to some other place of confinement.

The latter he considered more probable.
The journey was a long one.

He had no means of judging time, but he thought that it must have lasted two or three hours.

Then the rumbling ceased, the box was lifted down, and carried a short distance, then the lid was opened and he was again laid down on some straw.