PUBLIC EXECUTIONS. 



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cross, is cut up with a kris at the discretion of the 

 execiitionera, aoj ono being at Hberfcy to exercise his 

 taste that way : death h tluis rendered either lingering 

 or instantaneous, according as the victim may be the 

 object of popular dislike or sympathy. A real friend 

 would dispatch liim at once. Women frequently take 

 advantage of such an opportanity of avenging themselves 

 for aomQ real or imaginary injury, addressing the unfor- 

 tmiate wretch, as they *defcach pieces of fleali from his 

 body, in terms little suitable to tho softer sex." With 

 the identical kris which Mr- Windham then worCj — mid a 

 desperate-looking blade it had, of a wavy fijrm and as 

 sliarp as a razor j; — he had seen a man, at one blow, cut 

 open from tho slioulder to the heart. The bodies, or 

 fragments (for some cairy their revenge so fai' as to 

 mutilate tho remains after life is extinct), are left to be 

 devoured by dogs and wild pigs. 



Mr. Windham took uh a short walk — I fancy about 

 as far aa ho dared himsseli ventm'e — into the interior. 

 What we saw of the country was highly cultivated ; 

 consisting, Avith intervals of jungle, of pasture grounds 

 and gardens, very flourishing and pretty, with abmidance 

 of cattle. Our appearance es cited much curiosity with 

 the natives, and many questions were asked ; but the 

 pre&ieiice and explanations of Mr. Windliam satisfied them. 



Belbre commencing our watering, it was necessary to 

 make certain aiTangements, as a French squjtdron midcr 

 Admiral CeciUe had been much molested during that 



