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P L A T E VI I .
PUNISHING A BOATMAN.
A SPECIES of correction appointed for boatmen, or, as they are termed
in England, watermen. Having been convicted of some misbehaviour,
he is compelled to kneel: one of the officers of justice prevents him
from flinching, whilst another grasps his hair, and bestows a certain
number of blows upon each side of his face, with a sort of double
battledore, made of thick leather.
