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six blows upon the most fleshy part of his 

 body which, though not uncovered, pre- 

 sented, from the attitude to which he was 

 confined, an unmistakable mark. 



The master's mate a fine young man, 

 about nineteen or twenty years of age, and 

 nearly six feet high,* and who had acted as 

 president, was the first to put the sentence 

 in force ; and the victim writhed and 

 twisted under his powerful blows, though 

 his proud heart would not suffer his lips to 

 utter a word of complaint. Two or three 

 others followed, when, either from compas- 

 sion or want of muscular power, they did 

 not draw forth from the sufferer any particu- 

 lar signs of anguish ; but when the doctor's 

 mate, a tall, raw-boned, long-armed Scotch- 

 man, took the implement of torture, and 

 administered his blows, with all the strength 

 a sinewy arm and a malignant spirit could 

 give, the poor youth, no longer able to con- 



* This young man in time rose to the rank of Post- 

 Captain, Sir John Marshall, and was a Knight- Commander 

 of the Bath at his decease. 



