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over their heads, and at last came silently away, and I believe inspired with greater awe 

 and respect for the religion of white men than they had ever felt before. 



VISIT TO YORK CASTLE. 



Amongst the invitations they received was one from the governor of the castle, who 

 with great kindness conducted us through the various apartments of the prison, explain- 

 ing the whole of its system and discipline to us. We were shown the various cells for 

 different malefactors, with their inmates in them, which no doubt conveyed to the minds 

 of the Indians new ideas of white men's iniquities, and the justice of civilized laws. 



When we were withdrawing we were invited to examine a little museum of weapons 

 which had been used by various convicts to commit the horrid deeds for which they had 

 suffered death or transportation. A small room, surrounded by a wire screen, was de- 

 voted to these, and as it was unlocked we were invited in, and found one wall of the 

 room completely covered with these shocking records of crime. 



The turnkey to this room stepped in, and in a spirit of the greatest kindness, with a 

 rod in his hand to point with, commenced to explain them, and of course add to their 

 interest, in the following manner: 



"You see here, gentlemen, the weapons that have been used in the commission of 

 murders by persons who have been tried and hung in this place or transported for life. 

 That long gun which you see there is the identical gun that Dyon shot his father with. 

 He was hung. 



"That club and iron coulter you see there, gentlemen, were used by two highwaymen, 

 who killed the gate-keeper, near Sheffield, by knocking out his brains, and afterwards 

 robbed him. They were both hung. 



"This club and razor here, gentlemen (you see the blood on the razor now), were used 

 by Thompson, who killed his wife. He knocked her down with this club, and cut her 

 throat with this identical razor. 



"This leather strap — gentlemen, do you see it? Well, this strap was taken from a 

 calf's neck by Benjamin Holrough, and he hung his father with it. He was hung here. 



"That hedging-bill, razor, and tongs, gentlemen, were the things used by Healy and 

 Terry, who knocked an old woman down, cut her throat, and buried her. They were 

 hung in this prison. 



' 'Now, gentlemen, we come to that hammer and razor you see there. With that same 

 hammer Mary Crowther knocked her husband down, and then with that razor cut bis 

 throat. She was hung. 



"Do you see that club, gentlemen ? That is the club with which Turner and Swihill, 

 only nineteen years of age, murdered the book-keeper near Sheffield. Both were hung. 



"Do you see this short gun, gentlemen? This is the very gun with which Dobson 

 shot his father. He was hung. 



"This hat, gentlemen, with a hole in it, was the hat of Johnson, who was murdered 

 near Sheffield. The hole you see is where the blow was struck that killed him." 



The Indians, who had looked on these things and listened to these recitals with a curi- 

 ous interest at first, were now becoming a little uneasy, and the old doctor, whe smiled 

 upon several of the first descriptions, now showed symptons of evident disquiet, retreat- 

 ing behind the party, and towards the door. 



1 ' Do you see this knife and bloody cravat, gentlemen ? With that same knife John 

 James stuck the bailiff through the cravat, and killed him. He was executed here. 



' ' A fire-poker, gentlemen, with which King murdered his wife near Sheffield. He 

 was hung here. 



' ' These things, gentlemen — this fork, poker, and bloody shoes — with this poker Hal- 

 let knocked his wife down, and stabbed her with the fork; and the shoes have got the 

 blood on them yet. HaJlet was hung. 



