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PECULIAR MODES OP PUNISHMENT. 245ticeolhis predeceSSOifS, aU these ultimate awards are deàlt out with aDliticga.tedhand.Thus dismemberment is now the usual punishmentfor~ crimes, whereby death is supposed to be earned. The hand or footis usuallyamputated. Boiling pitch is the grand panacea. Surgery isnearly put on the shelfby the adoption of this mode. Ii obviates aHnècessity for bandages, tourniqtlets" or dressingsil A kettle of it is athand over the fire, the stump is'dipped iuto it, andthecriminal limpsoff as well as he can,no further inquiry being made concerning him.'j'hemos! assiduous anddexterous thief in Tangier was a man who hadtnus lost both his hands by the stroke of justice, and preserved his lifebythe foregoing process. Thus, of course, it will be perceived that his,incotrigrbility \Vas on a par with his other*qualities. Nocharacter on,classical record in thisway has everequaUed him; for' the great hero of;antiq'uity, in the thievingline, was eminent byhis physical forces. As.Witherin~ton used his stumps to fight on, so this head of the profession,used his tosweep the loose change off the shop.counters in the Bezar,into the folds of his c1othing. And it maybe supposed he did not fail:ta make good use of his legs while they were left to him. Sorne depythe statement that this sultan's hand has no tinge,of blood upon it,and Jassert the contrary aseye-witnessesto reiterated instances. Snch is the'l1eUanceto beplaced on hnman testimony! For. it is a stri(;'t fact, thathe.ncvet did put a man to death with his mvn, hand. The real case is"thatthe leaning bias of mankind, narrators and audience, to theworst,side of the story, is sncb, that we may very logically conalade, a fav,our·,able tale, having nothingbQt its tl'uth to recommend it to favonr,. is,most probablypossessèd ofthatHl..reqeived. quality to sustain. it;­although, indeed, truth and probability combined are unfortunately'fei'y feeble powers to drag their charge against tbe force of the moralcm'rent. This may înduce us to strike off a round number 1' 80 from the