N o . 7 .— T h e y n ow com m enc ed th e ir preparations fo r ftr ik in g o u t
th e to o th . T h e firft fa b je c l th e y to o k o u t w a s a b o y o f about ten
years o f a g e : h e Was fgated on th e fliouldèrs o f an o th e r n ativ e w h o
fat- on th e g ta fs , as appears in 1 th is Plate.
T h e b on e w a s n ow p rod u c ed w h ic h had been pretended to be ta k en
from the ftomach O f thé n ativ e th e p re ced in g e v e n in g ; th is , b e in g
mad e v e r y Iharp and fine a t one end , w a s ufed fo r la n c in g th e g um ,
an d b u t fo r Tome fu ch p re cau tion it w o u ld h a v e been im p o lfib le to
h a v e g o t o u t th e to o th w ith o u t b re a k in g th e jaw -b o n e . A th row in g -
f l i c k w a s n ow to be cu t ab out e ig h t o r ten in che s from th e en d ; an d
'to' e f lfe t th is , m u ch ce rem o n y w a s ufed . T h e f li c k w a s laid u p on a
tr e e , and th re e a ttem p ts 'to h it it w e r e made before, i t w a s ft n ic k . T h e
w o o d b e in g v e r y h ard , and th e in ftrum en t a bad tom ah aw k , it to o k
fe v e ra l b lo w s ,to d iv id e i t ; - b u t th re e fe in ts w e r e cq p fta n tly made b e fo
r e each flrok ê .' W h e n th e g um w a s p ro p e r ly p repared, th e operation
b eg an : th e fmalleft end o f the flic k w a s applied as h ig h u p on the
to o th as the g um w o u ld adm it of, w h ile th e operator flo o d re a d y w ith
a la rge ftone ap p a ren tly to d r iv e th e to o th d ow n th e th ro a t o f his p atient.
H e r e th e ir atten tion to th e n um b e r th re e w a s ag ain m a n i fe f t ;
n o ftrok e w a s a c tu a lly mad e u n til th e o pe ra to r h ad th r ice attempted to
h it th e th row in g - flic k . T h e y w e r e fu ll ten m inutes ab out this firfl:
o p e ra tio n , th e to o th b e in g , u n fo r tu n a te ly fo r th e b o y , fix ed v e r y firm
in th e g um . I t w a s at la ft fo rced o u t, and th e fu ffe re r w a s ta k en
aw a y to a little d iftan ce , w h e re th e g um w a s clo fed b y h is friend s,
w h o n o w eq uip ped h im in the fty le h e w a s to appear in fo r fom e d ay s .
A gird le w a s tied rou n d his w a ift , in w h ic h w a s ftu c k a w o o d en
fw o r d ; a lig a tu re w a s p u t ro u n d h is h e ad , in w h ic h w e r e ftu ck flips
o f th e g ra fs -gum tre e , w h ic h , b e in g w h ite , had a cu r io u s and no t u n -
p le a fin g effect. T h e le ft hand w a s to b e placed o v e r the m o u th , w h ic h
w a s to be k ep t f l iu t ; h e w a s on no a c cou n t to fp e a k ; an d fo r that
d a y h e w a s n o t to eat.
In lik e manner w e r e all th e others treated , e x c e p t one, a p r e tty b o y
ab out e ig h t o r n in e y ea rs o f ag e , w h o , a fte r fu ffe r in g his g um to be
lan ced , cou ld no t endure th e p ain o f m ore th an one b low w i th the
fto n e , and b re a k in g from th em made h is efcape.
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