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however, he had not succeeded, because a quan- 

 tity of money having been stolen when the mur- 

 der was committed, further tortures were applied 

 to him to make him confess what had become 

 of this money. This he was, of course, unable 

 to do. He might confess a murder he had not 

 committed, but he could not say where money 

 was hidden, which he had never seen. He told 

 us, with the greatest calmness, that he knew no- 

 thing whatever of the matter, and that all he 

 wished was to be put to death at once. 



We then examined his neck, which was wrap- 

 ped up. On undoing the bandage, the state may 

 perhaps be imagined, but I cannot describe it. 

 A large iron collar had been heated red-hot, and 

 fastened round it; when cold it had been removed, 

 and each succeeding night the same operation 

 had been repeated. He shewed us his chest, 

 which bore equal marks of burning, which we 

 were given to understand had been caused by 

 laying him on his back, and making a fire of 

 charcoal on it. One foot was burned in a hor- 

 rible manner, and was swollen to an enormous 

 size. In addition to these barbarities which were 

 practised upon him nightly, they had been in the 

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