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 203
t, zchich is, inthe Chinese, as in the Grecian mythology, theemblem of prudence. J2. Three kinds of Lances; one of straight iron,another of the same uith a hook added, andthe third of iron, headed zvith a crescent. The Chinese and Tartar horsemen, nei-ther have carbines nor pistols. Theyare armed… … ft ui £ ARTS, AND MANUFACTURES. 157 METHOD OF PUTTING THE FINGERS TOTHE RACK. Between the fingers of the culprit areput small pieces of perfectly round wood,nearly half way up the ringer; then, bymeans of strings, all these pieces ofwood are closed together, crushing andalmost dislocating the…
