[SPAM] Ained in the yamen prison till his son returned. Nothing in Chi

 mouth sufficient opium to poison her, and so end her struggles. On the
gate itself a man not so long ago was nailed with red-hot nails hammered
through his wrists above the hands. In this way he was exposed in turn
at each of the four gates of the city, so that every man, woman, and
child could see his torture. He survived four days, having
unsuccessfully attempted to shorten his pain by beating his head against
the woodwork, an attempt which was frustrated by padding the woodwork.
This man had murdered and robbed two travellers on the high road, and,
as things are in China, his punishment was not too severe. No people are
more cruel in their punishments than the Chinese, and obviously the
reason is that the sensory nervous system of a Chinaman is either
blunted or of arrested development. Can anyone doubt this who witnesses
the stoicism with which a Chinaman can endure physical pain when
sustaining surgical operation without chloroform, the comfort with which
he can thrive amid foul and penetrating smells, the calmness with which
he can sleep amid the noise of gunfire and crackers, drums and tomtoms,
and the indifference

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