. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. ome ofhis nearest relatives and most valued friendsto his house, fastens the silken cord to abeam, places himself on a stool, passes thenoose round his neck, and then leaps off thestool, and so dies. Officers of lower rank,when they see that they will probably be con-demned to death, generally anticipate theirsentence by
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. ome ofhis nearest relatives and most valued friendsto his house, fastens the silken cord to abeam, places himself on a stool, passes thenoose round his neck, and then leaps off thestool, and so dies. Officers of lower rank,when they see that they will probably be con-demned to death, generally anticipate theirsentence by hanging themselves on theirown responsibility. For criminals of no status, strangulationis the mode of death most preferred. It isaccomplished in a manner exactly resemblingthe Spanish garrote. The criminal standswith his baek to a post, through which a holeis bored at the level of his neck. The twoends of a cord are passed through the hole,the loop embracing the mans neck. Theends are then twisted round a stick, and, bya few rapid turns of the stick, the man iskilled. The rapidity of the process is suchthat Mr. Lockhart mentions an instancewhere he and a friend saw a file of soldierscoming along, carrying a pole and a pinionedman in a basket. They stopped, lashed the. (2.) MODES OF TORTURE. (See page 1436.)(1437) VARIOUS PUNISHMENTS. 1430 pole to an upright post, took the man out ofthe basket, tied him to the pole, and strangledhim before the foreigners could find out whatthey were doing. The strange part of thebusiness was that the officials had bribed theapparent culprit and his friends, as theywanted to make the foreigners believe thathe was an opium smuggler, and that theywere doing their best to stop the it is a strange country. To beheading the Chinese have thestrongest aversion, because they shrink fromthe idea of appearing headless in the nextworld, and they will therefore do all in theirpower to avoid it. A most remarkable in-stance of the extent to which
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