a sensitiveand high-spirited boy the old system could not but be OLD PLAN OF EDUCATION.—THE FLOGGING SYSTEM. 62/ ruinous. Let us have two illustrations of the old brutalsystem of flogging—one in the navy, the other in the army—under the old system. FLOGGING IN THE NAVY.A young naval captain, who… … Alfred and his Captain. When I first obtained an appointment, he relates, Ihad a boy placed under my charge, and gave him the careof several things connected with my cabin, &c. He wasa fine lad, named Alfred, the son of a widow. I thinkshe must have seen better days, for the boy had not…
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