China, its costume, arts, manufactures, &c. : edited principally from the originals in the cabinet of the late M. Bertin, with observations explanatory, historical, and literary (1812)
Breton, M. (Jean Baptiste Joseph), Freschi, Andrea, b. 1774 · London : Printed for J.J. Stockdale ... · leaf 186
them on those whom they have foundcommitting any crime. This is consider-ed paternal correction, and is not thoughtin the least dishonourable. One of the mandarins servants sits a-straddle over the shoulders of the of-fender, who is laid down with his bellyto the ground. Another keeps his legsstill… … ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 147 . When the judge has condemned anyone to the bastinado, the sentence isexecuted in his presence. He has, on atable, a case full of small sticks, sixinches long, and one inch wide. Asoften as he throws one of them on to thetable, so many times five strokes doesthe culprit…
