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A SPECIMEN OF TORTURE. 107 
an awful superstition! It leads to the most inhuman 
and abominable acts of cruelty. 
How many I have seen of these acts! what ‘etn 
ment of barbarism I have seen displayed! what numbers 
of poor innocent creatures I have seen slain! what num- 
bers of families have in this way been made unhappy ! 
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