156 WHIPS 



machinery ; in England they are always made 

 by hand. 



A very effectual instrument of castigation is a 

 species of cutting whip used in China, not only 

 by "the heathen Chinee," but also by European 

 residents. It is simply constructed, with three 

 pieces of thin bamboo twisted round one another, 

 secured at one end by a silver or tin mount, and 

 at the other end by silk thread, fastening the 

 three canes together, and also a short lash of 

 three inches long. Needless to add that this 

 pliable switch will cause a great deal of pain, if 

 harshly applied to man or beast. 



The curious old Dutch whips in the Elsenham 

 collection deserve special notice. These are a 

 good deal shorter than a modern driving whip. 

 The stocks are adorned with chased silver bulbs, 

 and the extraordinary orbicular butts, also of 

 silver, chased and embossed, have a ring on 

 the under-side. The thongs are adorned with 

 fringed leather tufts. These whips were given 

 at the end of the last century by the King of 

 Holland to the winners of the driving races, 

 which were a great feature of country life in 

 Friesland ; they were, in fact, equivalent to our 

 Royal Plates, and were given to encourage the 

 breeding of trotting horses for which Friesland 

 was, and is, famous. One of these whips bears 

 date 1 791 and a name (illegible) obviously that 

 of the proud winner and the year of his success ; 

 another is dated 1798. 



It will not be out of place to refer to the 

 driving races, for which these quaintly shaped 



