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! l PLATE XVI.
PUNISHMENT OF THE WOODEN TUBE.
A PIECE Of bamboo cane is provided, which nearly corresponds with
the height of the criminal, and is of considerable circumference. This
bamboo being perfectly hollow, admits the passage of a large iron chain
one end of which is rivetted round a stalie, the other encircles his neck'
and is confined there by a padlock. His legs are fettered by a few
links of chain. '
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