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Fi2'airi, tlnt the ax.yatIitrrrs in linlia
wei" III the habit Of putting the ,natives tn
the mus fr:glful torture IN order to rxtort
f:"n 'htnl the annual AK To which tev are
sntJ""tr1. c''in'n''er was appointed by
tie House Of G.. iu1n,is to Investigate the
matter, ..l,i flv through the pertinacity If
Mr.. Bright, NJ. +. for Manchester, who
would not let the matter r~t. Tire Com.
mi-si''irr< have now published their report,
Which fuilv rrrifs.s tie darkvst suspicious
IA to tn. finished cruelty p'H.sic..l On tis
l"'v-rfv stricken A.iaricsS The E.linbufv
Rerie11 Tins comments on t]it au 'jef:
Th. tur,un,. which the commissioners
fin,l'n have employed. nrr Of various
kinds md Of different degrees of severity.
Ss,,re ,f them are 81 se, ere. Il. t,l c.,,I... ntN
only ,x'r.,m. present pain, hut p,.r,naneHt
jlri,.. nnu'ilati"n, and even. .,iotuifrqueps-.
lv. ''ca'h. Some of hem .cxhil,iii IN amount
IF dialn'licaI ingenuity on tiit.fparts Of tho
'ort'irrr.. AMI drTr'. IF 'npr,l .t,Hspinene
and igra,la'i i,n in the victim of Which ..ur
"rs' NJ n.ls can l,ar'i!v fr,an "A conception;
solu". III fine. are so l,a'hsu,n- and iutlo-
cent. a,,' mt the same. time .o4xc, u iaring,
tha'. although, 'l,rv ar- e.t ,lown lakpdly
III tie Report. w. must abstain froin auy
sl~c'fir slIu>ion {" Tier nature. :.
The two nnyst -r.'n'In,n FIRMS Of torture
a.prar to In III" Fr,'se G1T.I",g.o called
fheeroto) and the. Anun3.l, which, in tue
same lanyrr'g-, is called Gingerie. r.
The ki'fee rnrr,.-lr'lhls with the thumb.
screw Of the European tt,r'urrr. Il is 4
wooden instrument somewhat ]ike n lemon
squeezrr. brtw.'cu the plates of which the
land. tile thighs woman also ,l,eibra.t),
tl,,. ears an,! otlirr t,n,re sensitive parts If
III" lmlv, v,nre s1letzrl to the last. .pint Of
elu3,rancr. nf:r,i 10 f,iuting and even to
the ki't.e has been superseded by the ,n,rs
simple plan IF Violently comprising the
liairl< under r tln, b,ntt1: nu which 4 IenvY
pressure is laid. sometimes euen by tie zeon
Sfand'nq upon Il ;; compelling t1,e snf.
f rrr to iiterlH. his fiug"rs. and delivering
hin, over 'oihe iron vril--,of tile poems,
wl't, s,,n'.fiii,es rul, their hands with sstltls
III order 10 xv.. theft, tII. fnlpr gri,,p. fn,
other c;,>'s the fingers arr. bent back TIL the
pain tH4snn..s uncomfortable. sss ~, 4. aa
The onwnd"1 ia more purely eastern
torture II CONSISTS in tying ri,"vief;.i, i,ra
atr'piug or Otherwise ln,intt,i aud trs,s.u,,sl
p"si'i"i. generally with the head forribly
h.nt down to tie fee, hvsa rope or cloth
passed around the ilp,k mid umlcr the. toes.
TIL" p,ys'n'e. lrwev-r. is varied int the ca
price nf the tx,.nsiuilrr. SOMETIMES the,
pnor wretch ia made to stand nl, !. one leg,
tl" other t"ing forrihy fled up to l.is nts.k.
Sometimes The arms and legs Hrt.ruriou.iv
in'erla''.l. ard Tie ir,ne41fli,s viseutlr dis
t"r'+'i. is kept a'un] ~, for hours, ill., n t4,,,.
t}i'inn li.rl-F sl,'rt of li-lmatin, \. SOiife.-
Tim a heavy Stone is.Iai,l upon. The back,
while thus l"n''; and it often ippp'nsss s,hats
th'. p,ra,s a,Dns..tl,, rlSlyrs l,y sitting a.
stride upon The uphaIl,y; sufferer !. an
d"rg'il'g anrlulni More III: ii z one. Of The!
witnesses d.:poss TO. the siufli,'ion sot this
torture nn'l-r the Fl rec InlinIr .np. u,rin 3
number Of dtfanltrrs placed itys;,ther In
rows. f'r 'w'. three four, and even six lyalrs;
and this in The. ilnrrdia,e vitiitsss Of. iii.
tn'rii+rrv. or .p-vr,Ie sfffi.r.,a and iiis tho
1,rsrnrr Of The ial,sitinr. 6r iiaiiseso3fSGfpf,
of he assembled viag.ts:.s &: - !,
Will j, b.. credited k,r .exampla thu Il is
NOT nn.,,,h,,ni to apply to iI,,.; ,n,,at ..i,si.
tiv.. parfa "f III. l5piv (.nrlnsc;i III eiafh
or rnr.a.nnt Shelf ur 1,ln.rsiItsiiar r.5,p- :
ta"h.) biting insert ar reptile sntiI as tile
l"'llnh. or :arl,.uirr.iett and TO lrnyes it
Il. y,,nw ,h. f'.sl, Of l,eln;serubl,. stffirsr1
That zhy n furll,tr :ttfintlnent t,fyefn.dfv.
mean, ,p.nnlIn.. both phi, and humiliation,
tn. ltfnI'cie arr, sp,i,,.,iH,rs iiril l.y slre
lnir 10 he fail IL Il .lailk Il Or n ;bntfai;s
That they arr. tnsmsioniHiye hung NJ, with
tlnsh'a'l .t'wn@ar.'s And ,.l.alS is ID,
orlli,arv' sAsti,,..to III, 10 IrNr az lt,w,ier
c}i'Iis into tim rves .r fii ei,ilss aid "a,
apply ll'rsa. a,"t.i.niilar iirfitasinR
as'''"r ways too rsyollitip 20 ts:. .yepl sliAfsd
at s.ss = : AZ; 8, -
Thus we fn.I IN lIss,b. siS allss
gun Chatpy,t,,, si,f tlss Ahns,d
dt,rtl,rr1 Will, re kiifsf fi,ss
lnriihg sun .lufiIg fur lspliis ,sin tssE
.4rapeE iryn,r,a : I'D and pss
ten Saads itiret, Ietit1 sss,s;
naJn.d Sing ~ lAslrfssd ! ID, spsy ifl.eS
suuf.f eass ssyfpst yaxr aisss Viz sliils;aaess
anil ixissiie had iis tta & iityi Hind !
I,is haek ard Lis i,ea, li,wn: IA h,ss
sith 4 Chr hodfs. III
g J. 81 sss
Foa sssssthiinrs sas ts,y ss sSiIIs ySssse
hire; sspa Es IN III !,
s .s 1etslst,f a
'ssys y s.;y., 81: N
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