190 The Official Guide to the 
one end like the legs of a pair of compasses, which, 
when closed, left. three circles, one to hold the neck, 
the other two designed to confine the wrists as in 
a Pillory (Figs. 1 and 3), the arms in one being held 
INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE. 
in an elevated position level with the shoulders. 
These fearful fetters weigh 32 lbs., and their use 
must have been attended with extreme torture to 
the wearers. There is also a short-legged fetter 
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