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had escaped the skin a little. I looked at the body, - but I saw no mark of a rope round his waist. I did not look at his ankles.
It appeared to me that his death was caused by dunking cold water while he was in that situation. The captain and the prisoner both said that he had done so.
I have not myself seen any instance of death being so cause, but I have heard of such things.
Qu. Supposing that it was necessy to confine him till he cod be sent
before