A Cape Verde militia dragoon punished by the Royal Navy. For striking a coxuwain with his sword, The cavalryman and his donkey are winched aloft by ropes from the main yard-arm of a frigate. English sailors and officers watch and laugh. Flying Artillery, or a Horse-Marine. Handcoloured lithograph by George Cruikshank from Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by An Old Sailor (Matthew H. Barker), published by James Robins, London, 1826.

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